Beyond This Place

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This article is about the 1953 novel. For the film, see Beyond This Place (1959 film). For the television adaptation, see Beyond This Place (1957 TV show). For the 2010 documentary, see Beyond This Place (2010 film).

Beyond This Place
First US edition
Author	A. J. Cronin
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Gollancz (UK) Little, Brown (US)
Publication date	1953
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	304 pp. (UK hardback edition)
ISBN	0-575-00618-8 (UK hardback edition)

Beyond This Place is a 1953 novel by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. A serial version appeared in Collier's under the title of To Live Again.

Adaptations

It has been adapted for both film and television. The British film version (1959) was directed by Jack Cardiff and featured Van Johnson and Vera Miles. A television 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 Bengali version, Sabar Uparey starring Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen and Chhabi Biswas was made in 1955. A Bollywood version, Kala Pani (1958), was directed by Raj Khosla and starred Dev Anand and Madhubala. A Tollywood version, Poola Rangadu (1967), loosely based on the novel, was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao and starred ANR and Jamuna.

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 Lena 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.

External links

A. J. Cronin at the Internet Movie Database

v t 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 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 Vigil in the Night The Valorous Years 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 adaptations	Once to Every Woman Grand Canary The Citadel 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

Television adaptations	Escape From Fear Beyond This Place Nicholas The Citadel (1960 American) The Citadel (1960 British) Dr. Finlay's Casebook The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon Memorandum van een dokter La Cittadella (1964) Novi asistent O Jardineiro Espanhol E le stelle stanno a guardare The Stars Look Down Les Années d'illusion The Citadel (1983) Doctor Finlay La Cittadella (2003)

v t e A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place

Films	Sabar Uparey Kala Pani Beyond This Place (1959) Poola Rangadu

TV	Beyond This Place (1957)

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