Take My Life (1947)

Directed by

Ronald Neame

Genre

crime film, trial film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A woman struggles to prove her husband's innocence after he is wrongly accused of murder. The story follows her search for the real killer before the trial begins.

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What happens

Take My Life is a 1947 British crime film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt and Marius Goring. It was adapted from Winston Graham's 1947 novel of the same name. It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location at York railway station. The film's sets were designed by the art directors John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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