The October Man

The October Man

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

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Release Date

8/28/1947

Runtime

95 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A paranoid thriller where memory becomes an unreliable ally: a man's head injury leaves him vulnerable to suspicion when a woman is murdered, and his inability to recall crucial moments makes proving his innocence a nightmare.

Mood

ParanoidTenseUnsettling

Themes

MemoryJusticeIsolation

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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