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The Large Rope( 1953)

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After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Donald Houston

      Tom Penney

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      Susan Shaw

      Susan Hamble

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      Robert Brown

      Mick Jordan

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      Vanda Godsell

      Amy Jordan

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      Peter Byrne

      Jeff Stribling

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      Richard Warner

      Inspector Harmer

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      Christine Finn

      May

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      Thomas Heathcote

      James Gore

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      Margaret Anderson

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      Katie Johnson

      Grandmother

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      Leonard White

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      Carl Bernard

      Alfred Hamble

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      Margot Bryant

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      Esma Cannon

      Screaming Woman

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      Barbara Cavan

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      Hilda Fenemore

      Pub Landlady

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      Douglas Herald

      Simon Penney

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      Edward Judd

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      Natalie Kent

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      Michael Mulcaster

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      Richard Shaw

      Father of Young Girls

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jul 07 2024
    Now I can imagine a long rope; or a thick rope - but can a rope actually be "large"? Anyway, enough of my pedantry. Donald Houston returns to his rural English village after being in prison for assaulting a women. When another local woman is murdered, he is the obvious suspect and must prove his innocence whilst avoiding the pursuing police and angry villagers. It is quite a fast moving story, and one of the few you will ever see that demonstrates any form of English social disobedience - the villagers almost descend into a lynch mob - of the constabulary. I thought it obvious who the real kill...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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