Directed by:
Alberto CavalcantiCinematography:
Otto HellerPlots(1)
Trevor Howard is Clem, an ex-serviceman who is drawn to black-marketeering. When his sadistic gang boss betrays him after Clem refuses to deal in drugs, the story takes a brutal, vengeful turn. An atypically grim and uncompromising film for its time. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Sally Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/851/159851747_9021de.jpg)
Sally Gray
UK
Best movies:
Green for Danger (1947)
I Became a Criminal (1947)
Me and My Girl (1939)
![Trevor Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653304_74e93f.jpg)
Trevor Howard
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gandhi (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
![Griffith Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/406/158406986_b9aed3.jpg)
Griffith Jones
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
![René Ray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307316_f08908.jpg)
René Ray
UK
Best movies:
High Treason (1929)
Secret Agent (1936)
I Became a Criminal (1947)
![Mary Merrall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/858/160858324_724627.jpg)
Mary Merrall
UK
Best movies:
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
![Michael Brennan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/483/161483812_f6c346.gif)
Michael Brennan
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
Thunderball (1965)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
![Jack Mcnaughton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391707_24e6cf.jpg)
Jack Mcnaughton
UK
Best movies:
The Dam Busters (1955)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Young Wives' Tale (1951)
![Cyril Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/383/161383225_d188b3.jpg)
Cyril Smith
UK
Best movies:
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Sidewalks of London (1938)
Stolen Face (1952)
![Maurice Denham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762370_94bcaf.jpg)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Man with a Million (1954)
![Derek Birch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/648/161648033_19c90b.jpg)
Derek Birch
UK
Best movies:
I Became a Criminal (1947)
![Peter Bull](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272437_d12805.jpg)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
![Sebastian Cabot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/129/160129294_6e8e4e.jpg)
Sebastian Cabot
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) - narrator
Beatrice Varley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Hell Drivers (1957)
The Wild Heart (1950)
![Sam Kydd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528723_096172.jpg)
Sam Kydd
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Vida Hope
Best movies:
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Angels One Five (1952)
Howard Douglas
UK
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Ballard Berkeley
UK
Best movies:
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) (TV movie)
Stage Fright (1950)
Curse of the Demon (1957)