Daybreak
1948 | 75m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Compton Bennett |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Muriel Box, Sydney Box |
| Staring: |
| A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy. | |
| Release Date: | May 18, 1948 |
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| Director: | Compton Bennett |
| Writer: | Muriel Box, Sydney Box |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | river thames, hangman, film noir, british noir |
| Production Companies | Sydney Box Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ann Todd | Frances "Frankie" Tribe |
| Eric Portman | Eddie Tribe |
| Bill Owen | Ron |
| Maxwell Reed | Olaf Tyson |
| Edward Rigby | Bill Shackle |
| Eliot Makeham | Mr. Walter Bigley |
| Jane Hylton | Doris |
| Margaret Withers | Mrs.Bigley |
| John Turnbull | Superintendent |
| Maurice Denham | Inspector |
| Milton Rosmer | Governor |
| Lyn Evans | Waterman |
| Andrew Crawford | Barber shop customer |
| Garry Marsh | Barber shop customer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Compton Bennett | Director |
| Muriel Box | Writer |
| Sydney Box | Writer |
| Dorothy Sinclair | Costume Design |
| Peter Price | Editor |
| James A. Carter | Art Direction |
| Benjamin Frankel | Music |
| Helga Cranston | Editor |
| Reginald H. Wyer | Director of Photography |
| Bernard Lewis | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sydney Box | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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I reckon this has to be the best outing for Ann Todd ("Frankie") that I've seen. Here she plays the girlfriend of Eric Portman ("Eddie") who is really a hangman, but who doesn't want her to know so pretends to be a salesman to explain his frequent, and often overnight, absences from their home on a ... barge he has inherited. It's during one of those absences that she finds herself the focus of the unwarranted attentions of the rather uncouth "Olaf" (Maxwell Reed) and... Compton Bennett has created a clever piece of cinema here; we are given much of the bones of the story but have to come to a few of our own conclusions as tragedy ensues. According to the BBFC, the film wasn't cut at the time but it doesn't look like it - there are gaps that sort of make sense, but there are quite a few that clearly don't and that disjoints the narrative and occasionally spoils what is otherwise a complex tale. Well worth a gander.