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Take My Life (1947)

Take My Life poster
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

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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