I Became a Criminal 1947 Movie

IMDB Rating 7.3  (1K)
After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge. More details

Directors

Alberto Cavalcanti

Cast

Sally GrayTrevor HowardGriffith Jones

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crimedramafilm-noirgangmurdergetaway carframedescapecriminalwarehouserevengepolicemanpost world war twobritish noirmanchesterwest end londonusing a coffin for smugglingurban settingtheatre productiontheatre audiencetelephone calltearstapping into a police radiosubjective camerastreet lifestealing clothingstage doorspeakeasysongsoho londonsnookersmugglingsleeping in a coffinskylightsingingsingershowdownshotgunshootingset upscotland yardsadistsadismrooftoprooftop fightroadblockreference to narcissusreference to mata harirainrafradio newsr i ppursuitpunched in the facepubpsychopathprisonprisonerprison work detailprison visitprison breakpool hallpolicepolice inspectorpolice carplaying poolpick axepianopiano playerorchestraorchestra conductoron the runnewspapernewspaper headlinemurder of a police officermontagemoneymirrormalletlorrylondon englandlistening to a radiolimehouselamp postknifekisskidnappingkickingjumping from rooftop to rooftophusband wife relationshipwife murders husbandhotelhorse drawn hearsehitchhikinghit over the head with a bottlehit and runhidinghiding in a coffinhenchmanhearsehead buttgungangsterfoodfingerprintsfightfalling off a rooffalling from heightfalling down stairsface woundface slapex poweatingdyingdrunkennessdrug dealingdrinkdrinkingdressing roomdogdetectivedeathdead body thrown into a riverdancingdancercryingconvictcoin tosscoffincoffeeclimbing through a windowcigarette smokingcigarette lightercigarette holderchorus girlchasecar accidentburglar alarmbuckshot in backbridgebreaking the glass in a picture framebootleggerbloodbetrayalbeltbeatingbeating with a beltbathtubbathroombare chested malebackstageback woundarrestalleyundertakertruck driverspivrobbery gone awryrationingracketeerprostituteinformerfugitiveex pilotdrug dealercriminal gangcar crashblack marketbased on novel
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