Rent Town on Trial (1957)
3.3 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Investigating a murder in a small English town, a brusque Police Inspector (John Mills) discovers that virtually everyone he encounters has something to hide. Setting the template for British crime thrillers for decades to come (including recent TV hit, Broadchurch), director John Guillermin's audacious, often salacious, drama is untypical of mainstream British cinema of its time. An intelligent and gripping police-procedural thriller and macabre melodrama, 'Town on Trial' is a rare treat which is ripe for rediscovery.
- Actors:
- John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton, Geoffrey Keen, Margaretta Scott, Meredith Edwards, Harry Locke, Raymond Huntley, Harry Fowler, Maureen Connell, Magda Miller, Newton Blick, Oscar Quitak, Totti Truman Taylor, Grace Arnold, Elizabeth Seal, Peter Brace
- Directors:
- John Guillermin
- Producers:
- Maxwell Setton
- Writers:
- Robert Westerby, Ken Hughes
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: John Mills
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/03/2018
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.75:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- The John Player Lecture with John Mills (1972, 96 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Margaret Hinxman at London's National Film Theatre
- Barry Forshaw on 'Town on Trial' (2018, 20 mins): an appreciation by the author of British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order and Brit Noir
- Adventure in the Hopfields (1954, 59 mins): director John Guillermin's Children's Film Foundation drama starring Mandy Miller (The Snorkel)
- Shooting Hops (2018, 7 mins): focus puller Alec Burridge discusses working with John Guillermin and the production of Adventure in the Hopfields
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: original promotional material
- World premiere on Blu-ray
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