They Made Me a Fugitive

They Made Me a Fugitive

Infobox Film
name = They Made Me a Fugitive


caption = The VHS Cover
director = Alberto Cavalcanti
producer = Nat Bronstein
writer = Noel Langley
Jackson Budd (novel)
starring = Trevor Howard
Sally Gray
music = Marius-François Gaillard
cinematography = Otto Heller
editing = Margery Saunders
distributor = Warner
released = June 24, 1947
runtime = 99 min.
country = UK
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0039895

"They Made Me A Fugitive" is a 1947 British film noir set in postwar England. The black-and-white film was directed by Alberto Cavalcanti (credited as just Cavalcanti) with brooding and atmospheric cinematography by noted cameraman Otto Heller. The script was written by playwright Noel Langley, one of the screenwriters of "The Wizard of Oz". The film has also been released under the title "I Became a Criminal".

Plot

Trevor Howard plays Clem, an ex-RAF man who is drawn into the world of crime after the war. His psychopathic crime boss Narcy (short for Narcissus), betrays him when he refuses to deal in drugs, and he's framed for killing a police officer and imprisoned. The bitter Clem quickly escapes and sets off a country-wide man hunt.

Main cast

*Sally Gray as Sally
*Trevor Howard as Clem Morgan
*Griffith Jones as Narcy

External links


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