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62% Critic Match
The October Man
“The Great Star of "Great Expectations" at His Greatest!”
6.2 / 10• 1947• 1h 35m•NR• English
MysteryThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
John Mills
Jim Ackland
Lead
Joan Greenwood
Jenny Carden
Edward Chapman
Mr. Peachy
Kay Walsh
Molly Newman
Joyce Carey
Mrs. Vinton
Catherine Lacey
Miss Selby
Adrianne Allen
Joyce Carden
Felix Aylmer
Dr. Martin
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roy Ward Baker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The October Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
