5.9
The Frightened Man (1952)
March 1, 19521h 9mEN
6.5
6 votes
Overview
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
Director
John GillingWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Tempean Films
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6.0This rather cheap and cheerful effort actually has quite a decent, complex, plot and Dermot Walsh ("Julius") and on-screen father Charles Victor ("Rosselli") work well together to create just a little more suspense than usual in this British crime drama. The latter runs an antique shop and, occasionally, fences some stolen goods to help fund his son through Oxford University. The pretty ungrateful son manages to get himself sent down, returns home and basically cleans the old man out - whilst, simultaneously - falling for the lodger "Amanda" (Barbara Murray) with whom he runs off only to fall…
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