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Shadow of a Pale Horse (1960)

Shadow of a Pale Horse poster
Directed by
Paul Almond
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man finds his life upended by events tied to a past he cannot escape. The story follows his struggle to understand what is happening to him.

tensemysteriousslow-burndramaticsuspensefulbleakemotionally distant

What happens

"Shadow of a Pale Horse" is a television play written by Bruce Stewart which was produced for British, American and Australian television. Bruce Stewart was a New Zealand playwright who moved to London to work as a writer and actor. Shadow of a Pale Horse won him a Silver Dagger Award of the Mystery Writers of America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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