Daybreak (1948)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama
Release: 1949-05-13
Director: Compton Bennett
Writers: Monckton Hoffe , Muriel Box , Sydney Box
Language: English
Stars: Eric Portman , Ann Todd , Maxwell Reed , Edward Rigby , Bill Owen , Jane Hylton , Eliot Makeham , Margaret Withers , John Turnbull , Maurice Denham
Runtime: 75 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Päivä sarastaa (Finland) , Daybreak (United States of America) , Daybreak (United Kingdom) , Enohi agapi (Greece) , Kvinnan vid floden (Sweden) , Daybreak , Il boia arriva all'alba (Italy) , Reo y verdugo (Mexico) , Amanhecer Fatídico (Brazil) , Aus dem Tagebuch eines Henkers (Austria) , Daybreak (Australia)
Plot: A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when the hangman's assistant tries to seduce his boss's wife - after a fight, the hangman is presumed drowned. The woman commits suicide, but the hangman has in fact survived, and manages to save his assistant from the gallows.
IMDB:tt0039304