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Out of the Fog (1962 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Out of The Fog' is a 1962 black and white British film concerning an ex-con suspected of a series of murders, trying to clear his name. It was written and directed by Montgomery Tully. It is based on the Bruce Graeme novel 'Fog for a Killer'.Radio Times 30 April 2022 It was released by Grand National Pictures and has a jazz music score by Ken Thorne.
Plot
George Mallon is released from prison and placed in a "halfway house" run by Tom Daniels where all residents are ex-convicts. He does not fit in and keeps to himself.
He goes across local wild woodland known as "The Flat" to a pub and drnks alone. The next day a young blonde is found dead on the Flat by a young girl walking her dog. The police immediately suspect George. Mrs Foster goes to the police with her 17-year-old daughter Lily complaining of a lost item on the Flat.
George is found a job as a delivery driver for Ercol furniture. He starts a relationship with a bonde and they start dating. In a coffee shop she finds out he is an ex-con and stomps off. She is later found dead on the flat. Meanwhile, George takes a train to see his mother, who lives in a large villa. She disoens him and he only stays a few minutes. The goes back to the pub near his lodging. There he recognises another ex-con, Chopper Jack, just released. The latter is planning to join George's fellow residents on a crime, but George is not in the circle. George gets very drunk with Chopper and staggers home.
The police spot that both murders were on a full moon. They place an undercover policewoman, Sgt June Lock, in George's workplace. She is young and blonde and they hope to bait George. He starts dating her but on the night of the next full moon, when they were meant to go to the cinema, he says he has a headache and wants to go for a walk instead.
It is very foggy and they go into the Flat. George hears something and leaves her alone while he investigates. She sits on a log. A pair of arms grab her from behind and start to strangle her. It is unclear who it is until George returns and starts fighting the assailant. The police arrive and initially arrest George as the assailant says he was the rescuer. But scratch marks on his cheek prove who the real assailant was.
Cast
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*David Sumner as George Mallon
*Jack Watson as Sgt Harry Tracey
*Susan Travers (actress) as Sgt June Lock
*Olga Lindo as Mrs Mallon, George's mother
*John Arnatt as DS Chadwick
*James Hayter as Tom Daniels
*George Woodbridge as Chopper Jack
*Michael Ripper as Tich
*Penny Morrell as Miss Mills
*Hilda Fenemore as Mrs Foster
*Coral Morphew as Lily Foster
*John Welsh as prison governor
*Mela White as Muriel Masterton
*Rebecca Dignam as girl with dog
*Renee Houston as Ma
*Michael Wynne as Ted
*John Woodnutt as Blacky
References
Category:1962 films
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