The Limping Man (1953)
- Directed by
- Cy Endfield
- Genre
- film noir, crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An American ex-serviceman returns to London to visit a woman he met during the war. He gets caught up in a murder investigation when a local man is killed. The police suspect him, and he must clear his name while dodging a mysterious limping assailant.
suspensefulshadowynoir-ishgrittytensemysteriouslow-budget
What happens
The Limping Man is a 1953 British second feature ('B') film noir directed by Cy Endfield and starring Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister and Leslie Phillips. The film was made at Merton Park Studios and was written by Ian Stuart Black and Reginald Long based on Anthony Verney's novel Death on the Tideway. Endfield directed it under the pseudonym Charles de Lautour due to his blacklisting in Hollywood. Location shooting took place around London including The Mayflower pub in Rotherhithe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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