Rent Daybreak (1948)
3.5 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 17min
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- Synopsis:
Eddie Tribe (Eric Portman) is an unassuming, shy bachelor, who runs a barbers' shop in London with the help of his trusted confidant Ron (Bill Owen). Eddie however has a dark secret. As well as the barbers' shop, Eddie also works as a hangman and travels around the country executing his victims. One day Eddie, has some good news, his estranged father has passed away and he inherits his barge business on the River Thames. Becoming a man of means gives Eddie more self confidence and after a short courtship he marries beautiful young Frankie (Ann Todd). Despite married bliss, Eddie cannot bring himself to reveal his dark secret to Frankie and when he hires Olaf (Maxwell Reed) a Danish seaman to help him on the barges, his life begins a tragic downward spiral... - Actors:
- Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Maxwell Reed, Edward Rigby, Bill Owen, Jane Hylton, Eliot Makeham, Margaret Withers, John Turnbull, Maurice Denham, Milton Rosmer, Lyn Evans, Andrew Crawford, Garry Marsh, George Merritt, Jim Morris, Jim O'Brady
- Directors:
- Compton Bennett
- Producers:
- Sydney Box
- Writers:
- Monckton Hoffe, Muriel Box, Sydney Box
- Studio:
- Strawberry Media
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
