Torment (1950)
- Directed by
- John Guillermin
- Genre
- crime, thriller
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man tries to cover up a crime and gets trapped in a series of lies. The police close in and his life starts to fall apart.
tensesuspensefulbleakmelodramaticlow-budgetnoirishbrisk
What happens
Torment (U.S. title: Paper Gallows) is a 1950 British second feature thriller film directed and written by John Guillermin and starring Dermot Walsh, Rona Anderson and John Bentley. It was the first sole director credit for John Guillermin. He later called the film "a lemon". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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