
A charming, smooth-talking gambler calling himself Chris Hale arrives in Ashton, home of the Corelli shoe factory. Claiming to have lived there as a boy, he soon ingratiates himself with the townspeople... including attractive heiress Elaine Corelli, wheelchair-bound since a recent accident. Chris, hoping to leave crime behind, seems to have excellent prospects; but of course, his past catches up with him...... (Full plot summary below)
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A charming, smooth-talking gambler calling himself Chris Hale arrives in Ashton, home of the Corelli shoe factory. Claiming to have lived there as a boy, he soon ingratiates himself with the townspeople... including attractive heiress Elaine Corelli, wheelchair-bound since a recent accident. Chris, hoping to leave crime behind, seems to have excellent prospects; but of course, his past catches up with him...
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| User ReviewGroucho GHis dark past rolled in like a black fog. |
| User ReviewDave JSecond movie actor Joseph Cotten starred with Alida Valli with the first being The Third Man, has a stranger, (Cotten) posing as Chris Hale arriving to small town with no objectives, and manages to befriend and take refuge with an lonely old lady, Mrs. Brentman (Spring Byington) to landing himself a job pursuing for a love interest, unbeknownst his dark past which involves in card sharking. |