Released:
1957-03-21

Overview:
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

Director:
Joseph Losey

Runtime:
1h 28min

Genre:
Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Michael Redgrave
  as
  David Graham
• 
  Ann Todd
  as
  Honor Stanford
• 
  Leo McKern
  as
  Robert Stanford
• 
  Paul Daneman
  as
  Brian Stanford
• 
  Peter Cushing
  as
  Jeremy Clayton