Web of Evidence

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Web of Evidence

Directed by	Jack Cardiff
Produced by	Maxwell Setton John R. Sloan
Written by	A. J. Cronin (novel) Ken Taylor
Starring	Van Johnson Vera Miles Emlyn Williams Bernard Lee
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Editing by	Ernest Walter
Distributed by	Renown Pictures Corporation Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release date(s)	October 18, 1959
Running time	90 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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Web of Evidence is a 1959 British film based on the novel, Beyond This Place, by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Jack Cardiff and stars Van Johnson and Vera Miles. The original title was kept for the film's European release, though it was given an alternate title for the American release. The film tells the story of Paul Mathry, a man who left England for the US as a child evacuee, and who returns to Liverpool twenty years later. Believing his father, Rees Mathry, had died a war hero, he is shocked to discover he is alive and serving a life sentence in prison for murder. Paul embarks upon his own investigation and finds the true culprit, clearing his father's name.

[edit] Cast

Van Johnson as Paul Mathry
Vera Miles as Lena Anderson
Emlyn Williams as Enoch Oswald
Bernard Lee as Patrick Mathry
Jean Kent as Louise Burt
Moultrie Kelsall as Chief Inspector Dale
Leo McKern as McEvoy
Ralph Truman as Sir Matthew Sprott
Geoffrey Keen as Prison Governor
Jameson Clark as Swann
Rosalie Crutchley as Ella Mathry
Oliver Johnston as Prusty
Joyce Heron as Lady Catherine Sprott
Anthony Newlands as Dunn
Vincent Winter as Paul Mathry (as a child)
Henry Oscar as Alderman Sharpe
John Glyn-Jones as Magistrate
Hope Jackman as Mrs. Hanley
Michael Collins as Detective Sergeant Trevor
Danny Green as Roach

[edit] External links

Web of Evidence at Turner Classic Movies

v • d • e Works by A. J. Cronin

Novels	Hatter's Castle • Three Loves • Grand Canary • The Stars Look Down • The Citadel • The Keys of the Kingdom • The Green Years • Shannon's Way • The Spanish Gardener • The Valorous Years • Beyond This Place • A Thing of Beauty/Crusader's Tomb • The Northern Light • The Native Doctor/An Apple in Eden • The Judas Tree • A Song of Sixpence • A Pocketful of Rye • The Minstrel Boy/Desmonde • Lady with Carnations • Gracie Lindsay

Selected Short Stories & Story Collections	"Kaleidoscope in 'K'" • Country Doctor (novella) • "Vigil in the Night" • Adventures of a Black Bag • The Innkeeper's Wife • Further Adventures of a Black Bag • Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae

Play	Jupiter Laughs

Autobiography	Adventures in Two Worlds

UK/US Film & Television Adaptations	Once to Every Woman • Grand Canary • The Citadel (film) • Vigil in the Night • The Stars Look Down • Shining Victory • Hatter's Castle • The Keys of the Kingdom • The Green Years • The Spanish Gardener • Web of Evidence • Dr. Finlay's Casebook • The Citadel (television)

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