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Daybreak

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A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.

Release Date : 1948-05-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Sydney Box ProductionsJ. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ann Todd

Character Name : Frances "Frankie" Tribe

Original Name : Ann Todd

Gender : Female

Eric Portman

Character Name : Eddie Tribe

Original Name : Eric Portman

Gender : Male

Bill Owen

Character Name : Ron

Original Name : Bill Owen

Gender : Male

Maxwell Reed

Character Name : Olaf Tyson

Original Name : Maxwell Reed

Gender : Male

Edward Rigby

Character Name : Bill Shackle

Original Name : Edward Rigby

Gender : Male

Eliot Makeham

Character Name : Mr. Walter Bigley

Original Name : Eliot Makeham

Gender : Male

Jane Hylton

Character Name : Doris

Original Name : Jane Hylton

Gender : Female

Margaret Withers

Character Name : Mrs.Bigley

Original Name : Margaret Withers

Gender : Female

John Turnbull

Character Name : Superintendent

Original Name : John Turnbull

Gender : Male

Maurice Denham

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Maurice Denham

Gender : Male

Milton Rosmer

Character Name : Governor

Original Name : Milton Rosmer

Gender : Male

Lyn Evans

Character Name : Waterman

Original Name : Lyn Evans

Gender : Male

Andrew Crawford

Character Name : Barber shop customer

Original Name : Andrew Crawford

Gender : Male

Garry Marsh

Character Name : Barber shop customer

Original Name : Garry Marsh

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

I reckon this has to be the best outing for Ann Todd ("Frankie") that I've seen. Here she plays the girlfriend of Eric Portman ("Eddie") who is really a hangman, but who doesn't want her to know so pretends to be a salesman to explain his frequent, and often overnight, absences from their home on a barge he has inherited. It's during one of those absences that she finds herself the focus of the unwarranted attentions of the rather uncouth "Olaf" (Maxwell Reed) and... Compton Bennett has created a clever piece of cinema here; we are given much of the bones of the story but have to come to a few of our own conclusions as tragedy ensues. According to the BBFC, the film wasn't cut at the time but it doesn't look like it - there are gaps that sort of make sense, but there are quite a few that clearly don't and that disjoints the narrative and occasionally spoils what is otherwise a complex tale. Well worth a gander.