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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

They Made Me a Fugitive poster
Directed by
Alberto Cavalcanti
Genre
drama film, film noir, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man escapes from prison and is on the run. He must clear his name while evading the police and the criminals who framed him.

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What happens

They Made Me a Fugitive (also known as They Made Me a Criminal; U.S. title: I Became a Criminal) is a 1947 British black-and-white film noir directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Sally Gray and Trevor Howard. It was written by Noel Langley, based on the 1941 Jackson Budd novel A Convict Has Escaped. Cinematography was by Otto Heller. It is set in postwar England. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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