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Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.
Michael Martin Harvey
- Jackson
- (as Michael Martin-Harvey)
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- TriviaMany of the houses shown in this movie were demolished soon afterwards.
- GoofsAfter Craig is pushed face first into a muddy hold by Davidson he is next seen with a dirty overcoat but his face and hair are completely spotless.
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Close match between film and book
I have seen "The Long Memory" twice, and was sufficiently impressed (and like John Mills) that I bought the book when I found it. After seeing the film a second time I then started reading the book. To my delight (that's how I like films) it was close to the film, and I realized that much of the quality of the film, beyond its strong visual imagery of London dockside slums, damaged by the Blitz (you have to know this: there is no sign saying "house flattened by bomb"), and post- war austerity (rationing continued in Britain into the early 1950s!), is directly due to the book author Howard Clewes (about whom little is available on the internet).
Despite not LOOKING like the author described him, John Mills acts the character described by the author, as do the rest of the cast.
The post-World-War-II setting is crucial to appreciating the bleakness of the film. Life was tough then, for many British, and even more so for Displaced People -- war survivors and immigrants from Europe. Petty crime was rife. In fact things were probably tougher than during the flashback sequence to the Depression, when the young Mills character is accidentally drawn into cross-Channel smuggling of wanted criminals, and contraband.
The old "beachcomber's" singing of a traditional English folksong is a haunting addition to the film that does not appear in the book.
Despite not LOOKING like the author described him, John Mills acts the character described by the author, as do the rest of the cast.
The post-World-War-II setting is crucial to appreciating the bleakness of the film. Life was tough then, for many British, and even more so for Displaced People -- war survivors and immigrants from Europe. Petty crime was rife. In fact things were probably tougher than during the flashback sequence to the Depression, when the young Mills character is accidentally drawn into cross-Channel smuggling of wanted criminals, and contraband.
The old "beachcomber's" singing of a traditional English folksong is a haunting addition to the film that does not appear in the book.
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- Jan 29, 2006
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- Dugo sećanje
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- Gravesend, Kent, England, UK(Queen Street and Granby Road were locations for the two Tim Pewsey residences.)
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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