The Long Memory
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Directed by | Robert Hamer |
Produced by | Hugh Stewart |
Written by | Howard Clewes (novel) Robert Hamer Frank Harvey |
Starring | John Mills John McCallum |
Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors Ltd. |
Release date(s) | 1952 |
Running time | 96 min |
Language | English |
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The Long Memory is a 1952 film directed by Robert Hamer.
Convicted for a murder he did not commit, Davidson (Mills) spends 12 long years in prison. Upon his release, he vows to get even with the three witnesses who perjured themselves and clenched his conviction. Returning to the scene of the crime, he begins gathering clues as to the whereabouts of the witnesses. That's when he discovers that the alleged murder victim is alive and well. John McCallum co-stars as Inspector Lowther, who has spent the past dozen years mulling over the Davidson case, wondering if the man was innocent after all. The Long Memory was based on a novel by Howard Clewes, and was extensively filmed on the North Kent Marshes as well as in the dingy backstreets of Gravesend, now long since demolished.
[edit] Cast
- John Mills as Phillip Davidson
- John McCallum as Supt. Bob Lowther
- Elizabeth Sellars as Fay Lowther
- Eva Bergh as Ilse
- Geoffrey Keen as Craig