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Directed by | Max Varnel |
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Cinematography | S.D. Onions |
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Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 64 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Sentenced for Life is a low budget 1960 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Max Varnel and starring Basil Dignam, Jack Gwillim, Francis Matthews, and Jill Williams. [2] It was written by Mark Grantham and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.
Engineer John Richards is wrongly accused of selling secrets to enemy agents, and receives a life sentence in prison. Richards suspects his ex-partner Ralph Thompson is responsible for framing him, and asks his son, Jim, a law student, to investigate.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A workmanlike but unsubtle pot-boiler, with little or no claim to originality, in the familiar Danziger mould." [3]
TV Guide called Sentenced for Life a "standard crime drama with a touch of espionage thrown in to spice up the incredibly bland stew." [4]
Britmovie noted "you’ll struggle to stay awake whilst Francis Matthews attempts to resolve a miscarriage of justice." [5]
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