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The Hangman Waits

  • 1947
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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The Hangman Waits (1947)
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The Hangman Waits - This 1947 semi-documentary style featurette shot around the News of the World press, is a story of the attempts to apprehend the perpetrator of several grisly murders. A ... Read allThe Hangman Waits - This 1947 semi-documentary style featurette shot around the News of the World press, is a story of the attempts to apprehend the perpetrator of several grisly murders. A fascinating film produced by Five Star Films at Viking Studios Kensington using the medium... Read allThe Hangman Waits - This 1947 semi-documentary style featurette shot around the News of the World press, is a story of the attempts to apprehend the perpetrator of several grisly murders. A fascinating film produced by Five Star Films at Viking Studios Kensington using the mediums of the Press and the cinema. Good historic scenes of the News of the World Printing Plan... Read all

  • Director
    • A. Barr-Smith
  • Writer
    • A. Barr-Smith
  • Stars
    • John Turnbull
    • Beatrice Campbell
    • Hylton Allen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    136
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • A. Barr-Smith
    • Writer
      • A. Barr-Smith
    • Stars
      • John Turnbull
      • Beatrice Campbell
      • Hylton Allen
    • 11User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    John Turnbull
    John Turnbull
    • Inspector
    Beatrice Campbell
    Beatrice Campbell
    • Usherette
    Hylton Allen
    • Night Editor, Daily Clarion
    Kenneth Warrington
      Anthony Baird
      • Sinclair
      Vi Kaley
      Vi Kaley
      • Old Woman in Crowd outside Queens Theatre
      • (as Vi Kailey)
      Bessie Courtney
      David Mowbray
      Michel Bazalgette
      Edwin Ellis
        Leonard Sharp
        Leonard Sharp
        • Joe, Railway Left Luggage Office
        Knox Crichton
        James Lomas
        Robert Wyndham
        • Knight
        Clifford Cobbe
          Janet Green
          Jack Newmark
            Frank Hawkins
            • Motorist Giving Lift
            • (uncredited)
            • Director
              • A. Barr-Smith
            • Writer
              • A. Barr-Smith
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            Storyline

            Did you know

            • Trivia
              First film featuring John Le Mesurier (uncredited).
            • Goofs
              There is a complete mismatch of the stock footage of the two trains which are used to indicate the murderers means of transport following the murder - the engines are two totally different class locomotives.
            • Crazy credits
              Opening credits prologue: This story is true . . . . .

              By that we do not mean these events actually happened. We mean that it is a story of real newspaper life.

              While you sleep in your beds the news of the world is collected, sifted, investigated and presented by mechanical means at your breakfast table.

              This is primarily a film to show how that comes about. The story selected is an old one. Murder . . . . .

              But every murder story is front page news for a newspaper. And if this film helps you to know how that news appears on the breakfast table, it will have achieved its object . . . . . . .
            • Connections
              References Showtime (1946)

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            Details

            • Release date
              • May 20, 1947 (United Kingdom)
            • Country of origin
              • United Kingdom
            • Language
              • English
            • Filming locations
              • Viking Film Studios, 1-5 St Mary Abbots Place, Kensington, London, Greater London, England, UK(made at Viking Studios Kensington)
            • Production company
              • Five Star Films Ltd.
            • See more company credits at IMDbPro

            Tech specs

            • Runtime
              • 1h 3m(63 min)
            • Color
              • Black and White
            • Sound mix
              • Mono
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.37 : 1

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