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The October Man

1947 · 1h 35m · Mystery, Thriller · United Kingdom

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

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.

Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Written by
Eric Ambler
Based on the novel by
Eric Ambler
Starring
John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman, Kay Walsh
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