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Her husband stands accused of murder. A piece of music gives her a lead the police have missed.
1947 · British film noir · Crime thriller · 79 minutes · Black and white
Synopsis
When Nicholas Talbot is charged with murdering a woman he once knew, his wife Philippa sets out to clear his name. As the prosecution builds its case, a clue in a piece of music takes Philippa to a boys’ school in Scotland.
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Film credits
Director · Ronald Neame
Producer · Anthony Havelock-Allan
Writers · Winston Graham, Margaret Kennedy and Valerie Taylor
Cinematography · Guy Green
Editing · Geoffrey Foot
Music · William Alwyn
Production company · Cineguild
Also starring · Marius Goring as Sidney Fleming and Henry Edwards as Inspector Archer
Production and film notes
Ronald Neame had worked as a cinematographer since the 1930s. This was his first film as director. Guy Green shot it at Pinewood Studios and on location at York railway station. Shooting began in July 1946. Pinewood production history
Winston Graham’s account describes Take My Life as a screenplay he turned into a novel. The film credits the original screen story to Graham and Valerie Taylor, with additional dialogue by Graham and Margaret Kennedy. Winston Graham in profile
Related films
Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) · Another British crime thriller in which a woman drives the story.
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) · A murder investigation puts family loyalty under pressure.