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Debt of Honour (1936)

Debt of Honour poster
Directed by
Norman Walker
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles with a debt of honor that forces him to confront his past. The story follows his attempt to resolve the obligation while dealing with the people around him.

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What happens

Debt of Honour (also known as The Man Who Could Not Forget) is a 1936 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leslie Banks, Will Fyffe, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Garry Marsh. It was based on a story by Sapper, and scripted by Tom Geraghty and Cyril Campion. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by British National Films. It was the second film made by British National, and had the same director, Norman Walker, as the first, Turn of the Tide (1935). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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