Mine Own Executioner (1947)
- Directed by
- Anthony Kimmins
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A psychiatrist takes on a new patient who is a traumatized former prisoner of war. The doctor's own troubled personal life begins to interfere with his work.
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What happens
Mine Own Executioner is a 1947 British psychological thriller drama film starring Burgess Meredith and directed by Anthony Kimmins, and based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Balchin. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. The title is derived from a quotation of John Donne's "Devotions", which serves as an epigraph for the original book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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