Dead Man's Shoes | |
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Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
Written by | Nina Jarvis John H. Kafka |
Starring |
Leslie Banks Joan Marion Geoffrey Atkins Wilfrid Lawson |
Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Edited by | Monica Kimick |
Production
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Distributed by |
ABFD (UK) Monogram Pictures (US) |
Release date
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5 May 1940 |
Running time
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70 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Dead Man's Shoes is a 1940 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Leslie Banks, Joan Marion and Geoffrey Atkins. A man who has lost his memory, rises to a position of authority and respect. One day he is confronted by a man who claims to have been involved with him in the past. The film is considered an antecedent of British Film Noir.
The film was made by Associated British Picture Corporation at the company's Elstree Studios. The film was completed in late 1939, but was not released until the following year.