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Time Without Pity (1957)

Time Without Pity poster
Directed by
Joseph Losey
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man with a drinking problem has 24 hours to save his son from being executed for a murder. He races against time to find the real killer.

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What happens

Time Without Pity is a 1957 British thriller film noir directed by Joseph Losey from a screenplay by Ben Barzman, based on Emlyn Williams' 1953 play Someone Waiting. It stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Paul Daneman, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen and Renee Houston. The film was directed by Losey after he was blacklisted in the U.S. during the McCarthy era. It was his second film in Britain and his first under his own name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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