Judgment Deferred
5.8 /10 1 Votes
Director John Baxter Genres Drama, Crime Fiction Country Britain | 5.6/10 IMDb Cinematography Arthur Grant Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date February 1952 (UK) Writer Barbara K. Emary, Walter Meade, Geoffrey Orme Cast Joan Collins , Abraham Sofaer , Helen Shingler , Hugh Sinclair Similar movies The Common Touch (1941) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Judgment Deferred is a 1952 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Hugh Sinclair, Helen Shingler and Abraham Sofaer. The film is a remake of the director's earlier film, Doss House (1933), and features an early performance from Joan Collins.
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Production
The film was shot at Southall Studios with sets designed by the art director Don Russell. It was the first production from Group 3 Films, a company formed to encourage new young British film-makers (which later produced The Brave Don't Cry, Conflict of Wings, The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp and several other low-budget features).
Plot
With the assistance of a journalist a group of refugees and down and outs try and unmask the criminal who has framed one of their number as a drug dealer.
Selected cast
Critical reception
The Radio Times described the film as "a muddled, maudlin melodrama that feels like substandard Frank Capra done by amateur theatricals." TV Guide found the film "captivating mainly because of the novelty of the story and the many strange characters that are introduced." Sky Movies wrote "this one occasionally creaks under the strain of its longish running time but offers some striking tableaux, especially within the weird 'court' held by a crowd of criminals, eccentrics and jobless that in some ways recalls the 'jury' that proved the nemesis of Peter Lorre in Fritz Lang's classic thriller 'M'."
References
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