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The October Man (1947)

08/28/1947 Mystery, Thriller 1h 35m
62%
User
Score
7.0/10

The Great Star of "Great Expectations" at His Greatest!

Overview

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.

Roy Ward Baker

Director

Eric Ambler

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

John Mills

John Mills

Jim Ackland

Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Jenny Carden

Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Mr. Peachy

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Molly Newman

Joyce Carey

Joyce Carey

Mrs. Vinton

Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

Miss Selby

Adrianne Allen

Adrianne Allen

Joyce Carden

Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Dr. Martin

Frederick Piper

Frederick Piper

Det. Insp. Godby

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on April 6, 2014

Astrology Amnesia.

The October Man is directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Eric Ambler. It stars John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey, Catherine Lacey, Adrianne Allen and Felix Aylmer. Music is by William Alwyn and cinematography by Erwin Hillier.

Following a bus crash that killed a friends child that he was treating to a day out, Jim Ackland (Mills) suffers a brain injury. During his recuperation it’s revealed to him that he is prone to amnesia, and even though he’s suicidal over the child’s death, he’s released back into society. Setting up lodgings at a hotel and back to work as an industrial chemist, Jim is functioning well. That is until he financially helps one of the young lady residents of the hotel and becomes the chief suspect wh...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 7, 2022

I'm not the greatest fan of John Mills, but he is pretty good in this superior crime thriller. He is involved in a motor accident and many years later is still suffering from after effects when, whilst staying at an hotel, he becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of a fellow resident who is killed after she went out on a foggy London night to post a letter. He has no alibi, and his memories are inconsistent so the police begin suspect him of the crime. Can he do some detective work of his own to find the real killer? The story is pretty formulaic, but there are a few good (short) contributions from Joan Greenwood and Kay Walsh to supply us with enough red herrings to keep it interesting until, I have to say, a really pretty lightweight conclusion. Still, Roy Baker manages to ...

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