The October Man (1947)
- Directed by
- Roy Ward Baker
- Genre
- film noir, mystery film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man with a brain injury becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. As the police investigate him closely, he starts to wonder if he actually committed the crime.
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What happens
The October Man is a 1947 mystery film/film noir starring John Mills and Joan Greenwood, written by novelist Eric Ambler, who also produced. A man is suspected of murder, and the lingering effects of a brain injury he sustained in an earlier accident, as well as an intensive police investigation, make him begin to doubt whether he is innocent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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