For Them That Trespass

For Them That Trespass
UK theatrical poster
Directed by	Alberto Cavalcanti
Produced by	Victor Skutezky
Written by	J. Lee Thompson novel by Ernest Raymond
Starring	Stephen Murray Patricia Plunkett and introducing Richard Todd
Music by	Philip Green
Cinematography	Derick Williams
Edited by	Margery Saunders
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release date	21 April 1949 (London UK)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£124,978 (UK)

For Them That Trespass is a 1949 British crime film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray. It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Ernest Raymond

Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing.

The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town in search of inspiration. Much to his dismay, he witnesses a murder but refuses to help an innocent man, Herbert Logan, arrested for the crime, because his presence in such a neighbourhood would cause a scandal. Logan is freed after serving 15 years in jail and he hears his "crime" detailed on a radio drama written by Drew, which enables him to gather enough evidence to finally clear his name.