Overview
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayman' on the road and holds up a cyclist; the gun goes off, killing the cyclist. Both boys are unaware of the tragic consequences of their game. The body and the gun are found by Bob Carter, who had recently quarreled with the victim in the presence of their workmates, and both men had uttered threats. The evidence is strong, and Bob is arrested for murder...
Director and cast
More films
Brighton Rock (1948)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · Not Rated
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Director
- John Boulting
- Cast
- Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell
Yield to the Night (1956)
Crime · Drama · Not Rated
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Director
- J. Lee Thompson
- Cast
- Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig
Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · Approved
A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Michael Anderson
- Cast
- Richard Todd, Anne Baxter, Herbert Lom
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Crime · Drama · Romance · Thriller · Approved
Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Director
- Norman Foster
- Cast
- Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
Drama · Mystery · Romance · Not Rated
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Terence Young
- Cast
- Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Barbara Mullen
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members