The Large Rope

1953

1h 12m

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5.5/10

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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.

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Wolf Rilla

Writers

Ted Willis(writer by)

Julian Wintle(story by)

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Donald Houston

Susan Shaw

Robert Brown

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Tom Penney

Susan Hamble

Mick Jordan

Amy Jordan

Jeff Stribling

Inspector Harmer

May

James Gore

Grandmother

Alfred Hamble

Screaming Woman

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Simon Penney

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Ted Willis(writer by)

Julian Wintle(story by)

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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.

Geronimo196707 Jul, 2024