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Director
  
Bernard Knowles

Music director
  
Clifton Parker

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
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Genre
  
Adventure, Crime, Drama

Screenplay
  
Muriel Box, Sydney Box

Country
  
United Kingdom

The Man Within (film) The Man Within 1947 film

Release date
  
2 April 1947 (London)

Based on
  
the novel by Graham Greene

Writer
  
Graham Greene (novel), Sydney Box (screenplay), Muriel Box (screenplay)

Initial release
  
April 2, 1947 (United Kingdom)

Cast
  
Richard Attenborough
(Francis Andrews),
Michael Redgrave
(Richard Carlyon),
Jean Kent
(Lucy),
Joan Greenwood
(Elizabeth),
Ronald Shiner
(Cockney Harry)

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The Man Within is a 1947 British, Technicolor, adventure, crime, drama film, directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Ronald Shiner as Cockney Harry, Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Joan Greenwood and Richard Attenborough. In the United States, it was released in a slightly shorter version, retitled The Smugglers. It was produced by Triton Films and Production Film Service. The film was also presented by J. Arthur Rank and the Rank Organisation. The film was adapted from the 1929 novel The Man Within by Graham Greene.

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Plot

The story is told from the point of view of Seaman Andrews (Richard Attenborough), the ward of 19th-century smuggler chieftain, Carlyon (Michael Redgrave). Feeling persecuted by his stern disciplinarian guardian, Seaman Andrews jumps ship and turns Carlyon over to the customs officials. A deadly fight ensues, during which both Andrews and Carlyon escape and head their separate ways.

Upon befriending the stepson of a customs agent who was killed by Carlyon, Andrews agrees to testify against his onetime friend and protector in court. To bind the bargain, Lucy (Jean Kent), mistress of the Crown's Attorney, makes love to the impressionable, misguided Andrews. Finally realizing that the forces of justice are no more ethical than his fellow smugglers, Andrews refuses to testify against Carlyon, and is himself thrown into prison. However, a happy ending results from all this intrigue.

Cast

  • Michael Redgrave - Richard Carlyon
  • Jean Kent - Lucy
  • Joan Greenwood - Elizabeth
  • Richard Attenborough - Francis Andrews
  • Francis L. Sullivan - Braddock
  • Felix Aylmer - Priest
  • Ronald Shiner - Cockney Harry
  • Ernest Thesiger - Farne
  • David Horne - Dr Stanton
  • Ralph Truman - Prison Interrogator
  • Allan Jeayes - Judge
  • Basil Sydney - Sir Henry Merriman
  • Danny Green - Hake
  • George Merritt - Hilliard
  • Lyn Evans - Warder
  • Herbert Lomas - Farmer
  • Cyril Chamberlain - Runner
  • Charles Rolfe - Court Usher
  • Maurice Denham - Smugglers
  • Pete Murray
  • David Stringer
  • John Olson - Junior Counsel
  • Torin Thatcher - Jailer

    • Reception

    The film lost an estimated £6,500.

    References

    The Man Within (film) Wikipedia
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    The Man Within (film) IMDb