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The Large Rope

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5.5/10 • 6

1953-12-011h 12m

DramaThrillerCrimeMystery

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

Directors
Wolf Rilla
Writters
Ted Willis

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Donald Houston

    Donald Houston

    Tom Penney

  2. Susan Shaw

    Susan Shaw

    Susan Hamble

  3. Robert Brown

    Robert Brown

    Mick Jordan

  4. Vanda Godsell

    Vanda Godsell

    Amy Jordan

  5. Peter Byrne

    Peter Byrne

    Jeff Stribling

  6. Richard Warner

    Richard Warner

    Inspector Harmer

  7. Christine Finn

    Christine Finn

    May

  8. Thomas Heathcote

    Thomas Heathcote

    James Gore

  9. Margaret Anderson

    Margaret Anderson

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CinemaSerf

Jul 7, 2024

5/10

Now I can imagine a long rope; or a thick rope - but can a rope actually be "large"? Anyway, enough of my pedantry. Donald Houston returns to his rural English village after being in prison for assaulting a women. When another local woman is murdered, he is the obvious suspect and must prove his innocence whilst avoiding the pursuing police and angry villagers. It is quite a fast moving story, and one of the few you will ever see that demonstrates any form of English social disobedience - the villagers almost descend into a lynch mob - of the constabulary. I thought it obvious who the real killer was from early on, but Wolf Rilla keeps it all moving well until a rather soppy, violin-inspired, conclusion.

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Original Language
English
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