Dead Man's Shoes | |
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Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
Written by | Nina Jarvis John H. Kafka |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
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Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Edited by | Monica Kimick |
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Distributed by | ABFD (UK) Monogram Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United 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.
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]
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.