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The script for this filme noir is based on the novel “A Convict Has Escaped”, by Jackson Budd, but preserves from the original only the main premise - the condemned prisoner who escapes from jail. Clem Morgan, an ex-officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) can not adapt to civilian life. He joins a gang of smugglers who deal in liquor, cigarettes, and drugs in coffins, with a funeral parlor for a facade. The leader of the gang, however, Narcy, forges the murder of a policeman and manages to cast the blame on Clem: he also takes away his girlfriend. Sentenced to 15 years in the remote prison of Dartmoor, Clem is encouraged by Narcy’s jilted ex-girlfriend to escape. He makes it and is after revenge.

director
ALBERTO CAVALCANTI

screenplay
NOEL LANGLEY

cinematographer
OTTO HELLER

cast
SALLY GRAY, RENÉ RAY, MARY MERRALL, VIDA HOPE, PHYLLIS ROBINS, EVE ASHLEY, TREVOR HOWARD, GRIFFITH JONES

producer
NAT BRONSTEN

production company
GLORIA E ALLIANCE STUDIOS


103 minutos
Black and white