Beyond This Place (1959 film)
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| Beyond This Place | |
|---|---|
| File:Web of Evidence poster.jpg US release poster with overseas market name, Web of Evidence. | |
| Directed by | Jack Cardiff |
| Written by | A. J. Cronin (novel) Ken Taylor |
| Produced by | Maxwell Setton John R. Sloan |
| Starring | Van Johnson Vera Miles Emlyn Williams Bernard Lee |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Edited by | Ernest Walter |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley |
| Distributed by | Renown Pictures Corporation Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |
Release date | 18 October 1959 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Beyond This Place (US: Web of Evidence) is a 1959 British film based on the novel, of the same name, by A. J. Cronin.[1] It was directed by Jack Cardiff and stars Van Johnson and Vera Miles.[2]
The film tells the story of Paul Mathry, a man who left Britain for the United States as a child evacuee, and who returns to Liverpool twenty years later. Believing his father, Patrick, had died a war hero, he is shocked to discover he is alive and serving a life sentence in prison for murder. Paul embarks upon his own investigation and finds the true culprit, clearing his father's name.[3]
Cast
- Van Johnson as Paul Mathry
- Vera Miles as Lena Anderson
- Emlyn Williams as Enoch Oswald
- Bernard Lee as Patrick Mathry
- Jean Kent as Louise Burt
- Moultrie Kelsall as Chief Inspector Dale
- Leo McKern as McEvoy
- Ralph Truman as Sir Matthew Sprott
- Geoffrey Keen as Prison Governor
- Jameson Clark as Swann
- Rosalie Crutchley as Ella Mathry
- Oliver Johnston as Prusty
- Joyce Heron as Catherine, Lady Sprott
- Anthony Newlands as Dunn
- Vincent Winter as Paul Mathry (as a child)
- Henry Oscar as Alderman Sharpe
- John Glyn-Jones as Magistrate
- Hope Jackman as Mrs. Hanley
- Michael Collins as Detective Sergeant Trevor
- Danny Green as Roach
References
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
- ^ "Beyond This Place (1959)". BFI.
- ^ "Web of Evidence (1959) - Jack Cardiff | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
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