The Long Memory
1953 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Davidson (John Mills), visits the boat of Captain Driver to ask permission to marry his daughter Fay. Aboard, he finds himself involved in a fight over the criminal activities of Boyd, a people trafficker with whom the Drivers are associated. The boat catches fire, and subsequent investigation finds aboard a charred corpse, Boyd having gone missing. The corpse is actually a client Boyd killed, but to cover up their involvement, the Drivers and another associate, Tim Pewsey, perjure themselves by claiming there was no other man present. This leads to the identification of the corpse as Boyd and to Davidson's conviction for his murder. He spends 12 years in prison.
Direction Robert Hamer
Cast John Mills · John McCallum · Elizabeth Sellars · Eva Bergh · Geoffrey Keen · Michael Martin Harvey · John Chandos · John Slater · Thora Hird · Vida Hope · Harold Lang · Mary Mackenzie · John Glyn-Jones · John Horsley · Fred Johnson
Soundtrack William Alwyn
Screenplay Robert Hamer · Frank Harvey · Howard Clewes
Cinematography Harry Waxman
Original title The Long Memory
6.4
62 votes (FilmAffinity)
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