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Shadow of a Man

After a fight, a drunk is found dead, but is the cause of death heart failure or murder?

Top Cast

  • Paul Carpenter

    Paul Carpenter

    Gene Landers

  • Rona Anderson

    Rona Anderson

    Linda Bryant

  • Jane Griffiths

    Jane Griffiths

    Carol Seaton

  • Ronald Leigh-Hunt

    Ronald Leigh-Hunt

    Norman Farrel

  • Tony Quinn

    Tony Quinn

    Inspector Gates

  • Bill Nagy

    Bill Nagy

    Paul Bryant

  • Jack Taylor

    Jack Taylor

    Sergeant McBride

  • Robert O'Neil

    Robert O'Neil

    Max

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

Overview

After a fight, a drunk is found dead, but is the cause of death heart failure or murder?

Rating

6.3 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Nov 14, 2022

    Much better than your average fayre, this one. After an altercation in a nightclub; a drunk (Bill Nagy) is found dead. Initially the coroner says it was a heart attack, but neither the police nor his old friend "Landers" (Paul Carpenter) are satisfied and along with his widow (Rona Anderson) they try to get to the bottom of it. There are a couple of sub-plots to this and the photography in/around the English seaside resort of Hastings provides for quite an interesting look at 50s Britain (and their habit of holidaying in great numbers where there is a pier!).

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