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Dead Mans Shoes (1940 film)

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Director
  
Thomas Bentley

Cinematography
  
Gunther Krampf

Country
  
United Kingdom

7.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Release date
  
5 May 1940

Writer
  
Nina Jarvis, John H. Kafka

Production
  
Associated British Picture Corporation

Cast
  
Leslie Banks
,
Wilfrid Lawson
,
Nancy Price
,
Judy Kelly
,
Joan Marion

Similar movies
  
Silver Blaze (1937), Pandoras Box (1929), Sailors Three (1940), Cyanide (1930), Portrait of Clare (1950)

Dead man s shoes


Dead Man's Shoes is a 1940 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Leslie Banks, Joan Marion and Geoffrey Atkins. A man who has lost his memory, rises to a position of authority and respect. One day he is confronted by a man who claims to have been involved with him in the past. The film is considered an antecedent of British Film Noir.

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Production

The film was made by Associated British Picture Corporation at the company's Elstree Studios. The film was completed in late 1939, but was not released until the following year.

Cast

  • Leslie Banks as Roger de Vetheuil
  • Joan Marion as Viola de Vetheuil
  • Geoffrey Atkins as Paul de Vetheuil
  • Wilfrid Lawson as Lucien Sarrou
  • Judy Kelly as Michelle Allain
  • Nancy Price as Madame Pelletier
  • Walter Hudd as Gaston Alexandri
  • Peter Bull as Defence Counsel
  • Henry Oscar as President of the Court
  • Ludwig Stössel as Doctor Breithaut
  • Roddy McDowall as Boy
  • References

    Dead Man's Shoes (1940 film) Wikipedia
    Dead Mans Shoes (1940 film) IMDb


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