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The Frightened Man (1955)

The Frightened Man poster
Directed by
John Gilling
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An antiques dealer loses his social standing and becomes entangled in criminal activities. The film follows his descent into a darker world of crime and desperation.

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What happens

The Frightened Man (also known as Rosselli and Son) is a 1952 British second feature crime film directed and written by John Gilling and starring Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray and Charles Victor. An antiques dealer suffers a dramatic fall from grace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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