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Impulse (1954)

Impulse poster
Directed by
Cy Endfield
Genre
drama film, film noir, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man makes a choice that sets off a chain of events he cannot control. The film follows him as his actions lead to unintended and dangerous consequences.

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What happens

Impulse is a 1954 British second feature film noir directed by Cy Endfield (as "Charles de Lautour") and starring Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith and Joy Shelton. It was written by Endfield (as "Jonathan Roach") and Lawrence Huntington from an original story by Carl Nystrom and Robert S. Baker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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