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Take My Life poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 62.8 / 100
1947·Crime / Drama / Film-Noir·1h 19m

TAKE MY LIFE

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

Above the Line
Ronald Neame·DirectorMargaret Kennedy·ScreenplayWinston Graham·ScreenplayGuy Green·Director of PhotographyWilliam Alwyn·Original Music ComposerJack Harris·Editor
Cast
Hugh Williams·Nicholas TalbotGreta Gynt·Phillipa ShelleyMarius Goring·Sidney FlemingFrancis L. Sullivan·Prosecuting CounselHenry Edwards·Inspector ArcherRosalie Crutchley·Elizabeth RusmanMarjorie Mars·Joan NewcombeMaurice Denham·Defense CounselMargaret Boyd·Mrs. TurnbullLeo Bieber·Parone, Orchestra Conductor
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 2
Ronald Neame·DirectorPhilip Shipway·Second Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Margaret Kennedy·ScreenplayWinston Graham·ScreenplayValerie Taylor·Screenplay
Camera· 5
Guy Green·Director of PhotographyErnest Steward·Camera OperatorPeter Hall·Clapper LoaderCharles Trigg·Still PhotographerPeter Bryan·Camera Operator
Editing· 3
Jack Harris·EditorGeoffrey Foot·EditorDoris Nash·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 5
William Alwyn·Original Music ComposerJohn Dennis·Sound MixerGeorge Croll·SoundDavid Bowen·Sound AssistantMuir Mathieson·Music Director
Art & Design· 6
Wilfred Shingleton·Art DirectionJoy Ricardo·Costume DesignJohn Bryan·Production DesignAllan Harris·DraughtsmanJohn Hoesli·DraughtsmanT. Hopewell Ash·Assistant Art Director
Production· 3
Anthony Havelock-Allan·ProducerVicky Fuggle·Production SecretaryPat MacDonnell·Casting
Other Departments· 3
George Blackwell·Visual EffectsDouglas Woolsey·Visual EffectsJack Higgins·Visual Effects
By the Numbers
62.8
OF 100
Master Score
6.9
OF 10
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