Rent Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
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- Synopsis:
- Taxi driver Tom Manning (Richard Attenborough) is wrongly accused of the murder of an eight-year-old girl on a London bombsite. Jill (Cathy O'Donnell), his fiercely loyal young wife, wins the active sympathy of Peter Tanner (Derek Farr), Junior Counsel for the Defence. Against heavy odds, Peter proves a barrister of great ability and resource...but can he save Tom from the gallows?
- Actors:
- Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter, Maurice Denham, Bruce Seton, Harry Welchman, Kynaston Reeves, Lily Kann, Eithne Dunne, Cheryl Molineaux, Totti Truman Taylor, Robert Adair, Grace Arnold, David Hannaford, Sally Stephens, Vernon Kelso, Robert Sydney, Max Brimmell, Humphrey Morton
- Directors:
- Lance Comfort
- Producers:
- George King
- Writers:
- Jack Roffey, Gordon Harboard, Katherine Strueby, Guy Morgan, John Baines
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
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Reviews (1) of Eight O'Clock Walk
Watchable 1953 film about a man falsely accused of child abuse and murder - Eight O'Clock Walk review by PV
This is an excellent film set in 1953 shortly after the new Queen Elizabeth was crowned. Talk of fresh bombsites and the rationing in the caf also place this firmly in its time.
The last role of US-born UK actor Robert Adair as ebullient and cynical jury foreman.
Good to watch with SERIOUS CHARGE (1959) another film about a falsely-accused man - even in those days when kids ran free and played out.
Rather quaint mention of taking sweets from strangers, and these days the Richard Attenborough character would probably be branded a pervert just to talking to kids in a friendly way, such is our hysteria and paranoia (esp as most child abuse and killing is done by parents and family members NOT be strangers).
A contrived plot esp at the end but I liked it. Not great but good. 3.s stars rounded up to 4 stars.