Fils de forçat (1959)
A la fin des années 50, un jeune homme Paul Mathry (Van Johnson) débarque à Liverpool. Il vient des Etats Unis pour retrouver les traces de son père, mort héroïquement pendant la guerre d’après sa mère. Mais il apprend rapidement une fois à Liverpool que celui-ci est toujours vivant et qu’il est emprisonné depuis vingt ans pour meurtre !
Directeur:
Jack Cardiff
écrivain:
Ken Taylor
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Van Johnson as Paul Mathry |
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Vera Miles as Lena Anderson |
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Emlyn Williams as Enoch Oswald |
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Bernard Lee as Patrick Mathry |
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Jean Kent as Louise Burt |
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Moultrie Kelsall as Chief Inspector Dale |
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Leo McKern as McEvoy |
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Geoffrey Keen as Prison Governor |
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Jameson Clark as James Swann |
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Rosalie Crutchley as Ella Mathry |
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Oliver Johnston as Albert Prusty |
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Vincent Winter as Paul as a Boy |
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Anthony Newlands as Robert Dunn |
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Eira Heath as Mona Spurling |
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Hope Jackman as Landlady |
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Ralph Truman as Sir Matthew Sprott |
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Joyce Heron as Lady Catherine Sprott |
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Vincent Winter as Paul Mathry, Aged 6 |
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Henry Oscar as Alderman Sharpe |
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John Glyn-Jones as Magistrate |
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Thomas Baptiste as Haydock |
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Michael Collins as Detective Sergeant Trevor |
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Lynda King as Miss Williams |
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Danny Green as Roach |
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Emma Young as Street Walker |
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Frank Atkinson as Night Doorman |
| Directing | Jack Cardiff | Director |
| Camera | Laurie Ridley | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Fred Ryan | Sound Recordist |
| Production | George Minter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Maxwell Setton | Producer |
| Production | John R. Sloan | Producer |
| Sound | Douglas Gamley | Music |
| Camera | Wilkie Cooper | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ernest Walter | Editor |
| Art | Ken Adam | Art Direction |
| Sound | Peter Thornton | Sound Editor |
| Writing | A.J. Cronin | Novel |
| Writing | Ken Taylor | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kenneth Hyde | Adaptation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Smallwood | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Neville Smallwood | Makeup Artist |
| Production | William Hill | Production Manager |
| Directing | Frank Ernst | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Charles Poulton | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Len Shilton | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Ronnie Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Directing | Kay Rawlings | Continuity |