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They Can't Hang Me
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Wikipedia article
'They Can't Hang Me' is a 1955 British drama film directed by Val Guest and starring Terence Morgan, Yolande Donlan and Anthony Oliver. It was based on a novel by Leonard Mosley. It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph Bato.
Plot
A senior civil servant, Pitt (Morell) has been convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. Days before his execution, Pitt reveals that he has been passing on top secret information to an agent of a foreign power and offers to reveal the identity of his handler in exchange for a reprieve. With only five days before Pitt's execution, debonair Special Branch Inspector Ralph Brown (Morgan) takes on the task of identifying the spy before he flees the country.
The film uses Sidney Torch's music for 'The Black Museum' for its title and some of its incidental music.
The starring role of Brown was an unusual part for Morgan, who was better known for playing villains.
Cast
* Terence Morgan as Inspector Ralph Brown
* Yolande Donlan as Jill Wilson
* Anthony Oliver as Inspector Newcombe
* Andr Morell as Robert Isaac Pitt
* Reginald Beckwith as Harold
* Ursula Howells as Antonia Pitt
* Guido Lorraine as Pietr Revski
* Basil Dignam as Wing Commander Riddle
* John Horsley as Assistant Commissioner
* Mark Dignam as Prison Governor
* Raymond Rollett as Sir Robert Rosper
* Fred Johnson as Professor Robinson-Heston
* Arnold Marl as Professor Karl Kopek
* Barry Lowe as Private Eric Colter
* Richard Cuthbert as Judge
* Diana Lambert as Young Woman
Critical reception
'Radio Times' calls the film "a minor Cold War thriller", adding, "(Val) Guest puts a neat (if downbeat) spin on events," and concluding, "the back-up cast is as solid as a rock, with Guest's wife Yolande Donlan putting in an effective appearance". 'TV Guide' describes it as "slightly more interesting than the normal run of British spy films, thanks to an unusually intelligent script."
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