Shadow of a Man

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Shadow of a Man is a 1955 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson and Jane Griffiths. [1]

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After a brawl in a nightclub a man is found dead at his home the following morning. It soon becomes apparent that he has been murdered, and the list of suspects seems quite small. Was it is his badly treated wife (Rona Anderson), who found his dead body? Or was it the young woman (Jane Griffiths) with whom he'd had an affair - one of many - and who had been unaware that he was married? Or the friend of the couple (Ronald Leigh-Hunt) who seems to be attracted to the young widow? Or is it possible that someone somehow gained to the flat entirely unseen?

An old friend (Paul Carpenter) of the husband turns up unexpectedly a few days later. At first defensive of his old buddy, he is shocked to discover that he was universally disliked due to his abusive and aggressive behaviour, made worse by his heavy drinking and drug taking. Still, he decides to try to find out who the killer is, a search culminating in a fight on the pier, and, it seems, another death.

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References

  1. ↑ Shadow of a Man, British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.


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