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“The Great Star of "Great Expectations" at His Greatest!”
The October Man (1947)
August 28, 19471h 35mEN
6.2
23 votes
Overview
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
Director
Roy Ward BakerWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Free
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Two Cities FilmsJ. Arthur Rank Organisation
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John Chard
8.0Astrology Amnesia. The October Man is directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Eric Ambler. It stars John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey, Catherine Lacey, Adrianne Allen and Felix Aylmer. Music is by William Alwyn and cinematography by Erwin Hillier. Following a bus crash that killed a friends child that he was treating to a day out, Jim Ackland (Mills) suffers a brain injury. During his recuperation it’s revealed to him that he is prone to amnesia, and even though he’s suicidal over the child’s death, he’s released back into society. Setting up lodgings…
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CinemaSerf
7.0I'm not the greatest fan of John Mills, but he is pretty good in this superior crime thriller. He is involved in a motor accident and many years later is still suffering from after effects when, whilst staying at an hotel, he becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of a fellow resident who is killed after she went out on a foggy London night to post a letter. He has no alibi, and his memories are inconsistent so the police begin suspect him of the crime. Can he do some detective work of his own to find the real killer? The story is pretty formulaic, but there are a few good (short)…
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