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Night Beat (1947)

Night Beat poster
Original title
Nightbeat
Directed by
Harold Huth
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
12
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British serviceman returns home and struggles to readjust to civilian life. He gets caught up in a criminal underworld that forces him to confront difficult choices.

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What happens

Night Beat is a 1947 British Brit noir crime thriller drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Ronald Howard, Hector Ross, Christine Norden and Sid James. It was written by Guy Morgan and T. J. Morrison. Sky Movies described the film as a "British thriller that examines a challenging issue of its times: the problems encountered by servicemen when trying to adjust to civilian life." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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