Rent The Last Man to Hang (1956)
3.1 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 15min
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- Synopsis:
Music critic Sir Roderick Strood (Tom Conway) is having an affair with a beautiful singer, Elizabeth Anders (Eunice Gayson). In a storyline which appears partly in flashback and partly in real time, his wife Daphne (Elizabeth Sellars) refuses to give him a divorce and subsequently tries to shoot herself, but after apparently becoming reconciled to the situation tells Roderick to leave the country with the singer and that she shall see him on the other side. Sir Roderick gives his wife a strong sedative, given him by his mistress, not knowing that his wife's housekeeper, Mrs. Tucker (Freda Jackson), has already given her a sedative. Daphne apparently dies of an overdose, though an early scene of her arrival at hospital has in fact made it clear that she is still alive, and that Mrs. Tucker has deliberately mis-identified the body of another woman, brought to hospital at the same time, as Daphne's... - Actors:
- Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars, Eunice Gayson, Freda Jackson, Hugh Latimer, Ronald Simpson, Victor Maddern, Anthony Newley, Margaretta Scott, Leslie Weston, Bill Shine, Anna Turner, Jack Lambert, Harold Goodwin, Joan Newell, Thomas Heathcote, Tony Quinn, Hal Osmond, Joan Hickson, Gillian Lynne
- Directors:
- Terence Fisher
- Producers:
- John W. Gossage
- Writers:
- Ivor Montagu, Max Trell, Gerald Bullett, Maurice Elvey
- Aka:
- The Jury / The Amazing Daphne Strood
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/12/2025
- Run Time:
- 75 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.75:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with writers Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (2025)
- Film Fanfare No. 5 (1956, 5 mins): British Pathe newsreel featuring a lucky competition winner visiting the set of 'The Last Man to Hang' and meeting the cast and crew
- The Guardian Lecture with Ivor Montagu (1977, 75 mins): archival audio recording of a lecture delivered by the screenwriter at the National Film Theatre, London, on the subject of Lenin and cinema
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- World premiere on Blu-ray
