Murder in Reverse (1945)

Original title

Murder in Reverse?

Directed by

Montgomery Tully

Genre

thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dockworker is released from prison after serving a long sentence for a murder that never happened. He searches for the supposed victim to clear his name, but when the law fails to help him, he decides to take matters into his own hands.

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What happens

Murder in Reverse (also styled Murder in Reverse?) is a 1945 British thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley and Chili Bouchier. It was written by Tully based on the 1931 story Query by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small). The plot centres on a London dockworker, who after serving years in prison for a murder that never occurred, is eventually released and sets out to prove his innocence by finding the man he was convicted of killing. When legal technicalities prevent the case from being reopened, he takes revenge himself, committing the very crime for which he had already been punished. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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