The October Man (1947)

Year
1947

Runtime
95 minutes (1 hr 35 mins)

NotRated

K-16

John Mills

Joan Greenwood

Edward Chapman

Kay Walsh

Joyce Carey

Catherine Lacey

Full cast and crew

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US release
20th May 1948

78 years 3 months 25 days ago

Sweden
18th May 1948

78 years 3 months 27 days ago

Hungary
21st May 1948

78 years 3 months 24 days ago

Finland
18th June 1948

78 years 2 months 26 days ago

Belgium
6th August 1948

78 years 1 months 8 days ago

Denmark
20th September 1948

77 years 11 months 24 days ago

Box Office Breakdown

UK Box Office

Release: No UK cinema release.

US Release

Release: 20th May '48
No US box office data

Global Box Office

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Directed by
	Roy Ward Baker

Starring
John Mills	Jim Ackland
Joan Greenwood	Jenny Carden
Edward Chapman	Peachy
Kay Walsh	Molly Newman
Joyce Carey	Mrs. Vinton
Catherine Lacey	Miss Selby
Adrianne Allen	Joyce Carden
Felix Aylmer	Dr. Martin
Frederick Piper	Detective Inspector
John Boxer	Detective Sergeant
Patrick Holt	Harry
George Benson	Pope
Jack Melford	Wilcox
Esme Beringer	Miss Heap
Ann Wilton	Miss Parsons
James Hayter	Garage Man
Frank Ling	Booking Office Clerk
Juliet Mills	Child
George Woodbridge	Grey
Philip Ray	Stebbins
Edward Underdown	Passport Official
John Salew	Ticket Inspector
Beckett Bould	Policeman at Left Luggage Office
Kathleen Boutall	Mrs. Newman
Sidney James	Man Crossing Railway Bridge
Mike Johnson	Railway Porter #2
Maurice Millard	Mr. Newman
John Miller	Porter at Paddington Station
Gerald Moore
Wensley Pithey	District Superintendant
Jack Raine	Man at Dance
James Ure	Left Luggage Man #2
Jack Vyvyan	Left Luggage Man #1
Caven Watson

Totals for each star

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Movie story - The October Man

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.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.

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