Beyond This Place
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| Author | A. J. Cronin |
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| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Gollancz United Kingdom Little, Brown  United States |
| Publication date | 1953 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp (UK hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-575-00618-8 (UK hardback edition) |
Beyond This Place is a 1953 novel by Scottish author, A. J. Cronin. The novel has been adapted for both film and television. The British film version of film (1959) was directed by Jack Cardiff and starred Van Johnson and Vera Miles. The TV adaptation was broadcast on CBS in 1957, and was produced by David Susskind and directed by Sidney Lumet. It starred Farley Granger, Peggy Ann Garner, Torin Thatcher, Brian Donlevy, and Shelley Winters. A Tollywood version, Pula Rangadu (1967), loosely based on the novel, was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao and starred ANR and Jamuna.
[edit] Plot summary
Paul Mathry, a student about to graduate and embark upon a teaching career, finds out that his father was convicted for murder, a secret that his mother had hidden from him since his childhood.
Driven by an intense desire to see his father, Paul sets out to visit him in prison, only to find out that visitors are never allowed there.
From there, he meets the primary witnesses in the case that convicted his father, not all of whom are supportive to Paul's cause. He encounters several dead ends but he persists, with the help of a store girl named Lana and a news reporter.
His persistent campaign finally bears fruit. Rees Mathry, Paul's father, goes on appeal and is vindicated. The novel ends with Paul's father, a hardened, cynical man, seeing a fleeting hope for self-renewal and a purposeful life.
[edit] Hindi Movie
A movie in Hindi "Kalapani" acted in by Dev Anand is based on this novel.
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