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Daybreak (1948)

NR May 18, 1948 Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 15m
60%
User Score
6.7/10

Overview

A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.

Sydney Box
Writer
Muriel Box
Writer
Compton Bennett
Director

Top Billed Cast

Ann Todd
Ann Todd

Frances "Frankie" Tribe
Eric Portman
Eric Portman

Eddie Tribe
Bill Owen
Bill Owen

Ron
Maxwell Reed
Maxwell Reed

Olaf Tyson
Edward Rigby
Edward Rigby

Bill Shackle
Eliot Makeham
Eliot Makeham

Mr. Walter Bigley
Jane Hylton
Jane Hylton

Doris
Margaret Withers
Margaret Withers

Mrs.Bigley
John Turnbull
John Turnbull

Superintendent

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on July 9, 2022

I reckon this has to be the best outing for Ann Todd ("Frankie") that I've seen. Here she plays the girlfriend of Eric Portman ("Eddie") who is really a hangman, but who doesn't want her to know so pretends to be a salesman to explain his frequent, and often overnight, absences from their home on a barge he has inherited. It's during one of those absences that she finds herself the focus of the unwarranted attentions of the rather uncouth "Olaf" (Maxwell Reed) and... Compton Bennett has created a clever piece of cinema here; we are given much of the bones of the story but have to come to a few of our own conclusions as tragedy ensues. According to the BBFC, the film wasn't cut at the time but it doesn't look like it - there are gaps that sort of make sense, but there are quite a few that c...

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