Daybreak
1948 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom
A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when the hangman's assistant tries to seduce his boss's wife - after a fight, the hangman is presumed drowned. The woman commits suicide, but the hangman has in fact survived, and manages to save his assistant from the gallows.
Direction Compton Bennett
Cast Ann Todd · Eric Portman · Maxwell Reed · Edward Rigby · Bill Owen · Eliot Makeham · Jane Hylton · Margaret Withers · John Turnbull · Maurice Denham · Milton Rosmer · Lyn Evans
Soundtrack Benjamin Frankel
Screenplay Muriel Box · Sydney Box · Monckton Hoffe
Cinematography Reginald H. Wyer
Original title Daybreak
6.2
22 votes (FilmAffinity)
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