

“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.

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
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roy Ward Baker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. The October Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”