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The October Man

6.219471h 35mMovieMysteryThriller

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.

DirectorRoy Ward Baker
WriterEric Ambler
ProducerHerbert Smith

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Cast · Directed by Roy Ward Baker

JMJohn Mills
John Mills
Jim Ackland
JGJoan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood
Jenny Carden
ECEdward Chapman
Edward Chapman
Mr. Peachy
KWKay Walsh
Kay Walsh
Molly Newman
JCJoyce Carey
Joyce Carey
Mrs. Vinton
CLCatherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey
Miss Selby
AAAdrianne Allen
Adrianne Allen
Joyce Carden
FAFelix Aylmer
Felix Aylmer
Dr. Martin
FPFrederick Piper
Frederick Piper
Det. Insp. Godby
JB
John Boxer
Det. Sgt. Troth
PHPatrick Holt
Patrick Holt
Harry Carden
GBGeorge Benson
George Benson
Mr. Pope

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