The Man Within (film)
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Directed by | Bernard Knowles |
Produced by | Muriel Box Sydney Box |
Written by | Sydney Box Muriel Box |
Based on | the novel by Graham Greene |
Starring | Michael Redgrave Jean Kent Joan Greenwood Richard Attenborough |
Music by | Clifton Parker |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Edited by | Alfred Roome |
Production
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Production Film Service
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Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release dates
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2 April 1947 (London) |
Running time
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109 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £161,800[1] |
Box office | £128,100 (by Dec 1949)[1] |
The Man Within is a 1947 British, Technicolor, adventure, crime, drama film, directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Ronald Shiner as Cockney Harry, Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Joan Greenwood and Richard Attenborough.[2] It was produced by Triton Films and Production Film Service. The film was also presented by J. Arthur Rank and the Rank Organisation. Also, the film was adapted from the 1929 novel, The Man Within by Graham Greene.
Plot summary
This adventure film is a film about smugglers.[3] Filmed in lavish Technicolor, The Man Within is a rousing tale of smugglers, betrayal and redemption. The story is told from the point of view of Seaman Andrews (Richard Attenborough), the ward of 19th-century smuggler chieftain, Carlyon (Michael Redgrave). Feeling persecuted by his stern disciplinarian guardian, Seaman Andrews jumps ship and turns Carlyon over to the customs officials. A deadly fight ensues, during which both Andrews and Carlyon escape and head their separate ways. Upon befriending the stepson of a customs agent who was killed by Carlyon, Andrews agrees to testify against his onetime friend and protector in court. To bind the bargain, Lucy (Jean Kent), mistress of the Crown's Attorney, makes love to the impressionable, misguided Andrews. Finally realizing that the forces of justice are no more ethical than his fellow smugglers, Andrews refuses to testify against Carlyon, and is himself thrown into prison. Incredible though it may seem, a happy ending results from all this intrigue. In the United States of America, The Man Within was released in a slightly shorter version, retitled The Smugglers.[4]
Cast
- Richard Carlyon - Michael Redgrave
- Lucy - Jean Kent
- Elizabeth - Joan Greenwood
- Francis Andrews - Richard Attenborough
- Braddock - Francis L. Sullivan
- Priest - Felix Aylmer
- Cockney Harry - Ronald Shiner
- Farne - Ernest Thesiger
- Dr Stanton - David Horne
- Prison Interrogator - Ralph Truman
- Judge - Allan Jeayes
- Sir Henry Merriman - Basil Sydney
- Hake - Danny Green
- Hilliard - George Merritt
- Warder - Lyn Evans
- Farmer - Herbert Lomas
- Runner - Cyril Chamberlain
- Court Usher - Charles Rolfe
- Smugglers - Maurice Denham
- - Pete Murray
- - David Stringer
- Junior Counsel - John Olson
- Jailer - Torin Thatcher
Reception
The film lost an estimated £6,500.[1]
References
External links
- The Man Within at AllMovie
- The Man Within at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Man Within at IMDb
- Review of film at Variety
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