Movie: Time Without Pity

Top 10 Billed Cast

Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave

David Graham

Ann Todd
Ann Todd

Honor Stanford

Leo McKern
Leo McKern

Robert Stanford

Paul Daneman
Paul Daneman

Brian Stanford

Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing

Jeremy Clayton

Alec McCowen
Alec McCowen

Alec Graham

Renée Houston
Renée Houston

Mrs. Harker

Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell

Vickie Harker

Richard Wordsworth
Richard Wordsworth

Maxwell - the MP

George Devine
George Devine

Barnes - the Editor

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    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

  • Release Date

    1957-03-21

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

    It all started with a young girl’s scream …

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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