Time Without Pity

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Time Without Pity (1957)

NR 11/22/1957 (US) Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Drama 1h 28m

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It all started with a young girl’s scream …

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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.”

Joseph Losey

Director
Ben Barzman

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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
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A review by John Chard

90%

Written by John Chard on April 15, 2014

Everyone has a secret. It's not always written in the face.

Time Without Pity is directed by Joseph Losey and adapted to screenplay by Ben Barzman from the Emlyn Williams play Someone Waiting. It stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Paul Daneman, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen, Renee Houston and Lois Maxwell. Music is by Tristram Cary and cinematography by Freddie Francis.

David Graham (Redgrave) is a recovering alcoholic who comes out of the sanitarium to try and prove his son is innocent of murder. His son, Alec (McCowen), is to be hanged in 24 hours for the slaying of his girlfri... read the rest.

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