Dead Man's Shoes (1940 film)

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Dead Man's Shoes
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American release poster
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Written byNina Jarvis
John H. Kafka
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Starring
Cinematography Günther Krampf
Edited by Monica Kimick
Production
company
Distributed by ABFD (UK)
Monogram Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 5 May 1940 (1940-05-05)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English
Budget£29,094 [1]

Dead Man's Shoes is a 1940 British mystery drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Leslie Banks, Joan Marion and Wilfrid Lawson.

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Plot

A man has lost his memory and rises to a position of authority and respect. One day he is confronted by a man who claims to have been involved with him in the past. The film is considered an antecedent of British Film Noir. [2]

Cast

Production

Inspired by the 1938 French film Crossroads , it was made by Associated British Picture Corporation at the company's Elstree Studios. The film was completed in late 1939, but was not released until the following year.

References

  1. Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 480.
  2. Spicer p.439

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