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The Man Within (1947)

The Man Within poster
Directed by
Bernard Knowles
Genre
drama film, adventure film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A smuggler gets drawn into a web of deception and betrayal. He hides with a woman who tries to help him escape his past.

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What happens

The Man Within is a 1947 British, Technicolor, adventure, crime, drama film, directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Ronald Shiner as Cockney Harry, Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Joan Greenwood and Richard Attenborough. In the United States, it was released in a slightly shorter version, retitled The Smugglers. It was produced by Triton Films and Production Film Service. The film was also presented by J. Arthur Rank and the Rank Organisation. The film was adapted from the 1929 novel The Man Within by Graham Greene. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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