Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.
Acting
Richardson's trembling repression — a masterclass in British breakdown.
Direction
His only film; intimate framing that traps you in Preston's skull.
Director
Ralph Richardson
Ralph Richardson
David Preston
Margaret Leighton
Janet Preston
Campbell Singer
Inspector Hemingway
Jack Hawkins
Dr. Sparling
Michael Shepley
Major Watson
Frederick Piper
Solicitor Petheridge
Meriel Forbes
Peggy Dobson
Margaret Withers
Mrs. Watson
Diana Beaumont
Ellen
Archie Duncan
Station Sergeant (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
Joe Dobson (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richardson never directed again after this, reportedly finding the dual role exhausting.
Released during Britain's 'angry young man' emergence, its bank clerk protagonist embodies a generation's repressed rage beneath polite surfaces.
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