On the Night of the Fire (1939)
- Directed by
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A barber gets tangled in a crime after a chance encounter. He tries to escape his circumstances as police close in.
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What happens
On the Night of the Fire (U.S. title:The Fugitive) is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard. It was written by Hurst, Patrick Kirwan and Terence Young, based on the novel of the same name by F. L. Green. It was shot on location in Newcastle upon Tyne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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