Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Directed by Joseph Losey
alcoholic
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
Michael Redgrave
David Graham
Ann Todd
Honor Stanford
Leo McKern
Robert Stanford
Paul Daneman
Brian Stanford
Peter Cushing
Jeremy Clayton
Alec McCowen
Alec Graham
Renée Houston
Mrs. Harker
Lois Maxwell
Vickie Harker
Richard Wordsworth
Maxwell - the MP
George Devine
Barnes - the Editor
Joan Plowright
Agnes Cole
Ernest Clark
Under Secretary
Crew
Joseph Losey
Director
Ben Barzman
Screenplay
Tristram Cary
Original Music Composer
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Emlyn Williams
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
Hrsbrgr
6.0★ · 12/15/25
Sins of the father and atonement.
Sins of the father and atonement.
Will Ingram
7.0★ · 09/07/21
Found it a bit meandering as it was getting itself to the end but that climax was well worth it!
Found it a bit meandering as it was getting itself to the end but that climax was well worth it!