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The October Man is a 1947 mystery film/film noir starring John Mills and Joan Greenwood, written by novelist Eric Ambler, who also produced.A man is suspected of murder, and the lingering effects of a brain injury he sustained in an earlier accident, as well as an intensive police investigation, make him begin to doubt whether he is innocent.
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The October Man: Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman, Kay Walsh. When the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital.
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- Crime, Mystery
- Roy Ward Baker
- 1948-05-20
After Jim kindly loans money to a fellow boarder, she is found murdered -- and unable to recall his actions, Jim is the prime suspect. Rated: B- • Mar 31, 2008. A brave and clever film, dealing ...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Mystery & Thriller
- Roy Ward Baker
Eric Ambler. Novel, Screenplay. Roy Ward Baker. Director. 70. Written by CinemaSerf on July 7, 2022. 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.
But it was already prevalent enough when The October Man was released in October 1947 because Picturegoer magazine observed, "Scarcely a week passes without its new film of schizophrenia, paranoia, neurasthenia and the rest." This critically lauded thriller emerged from that atmosphere, using a murder mystery plot with a wounded hero that ...
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