Dangerous Afternoon
The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1961 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Charles Saunders |
| Runtime | 59 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.9/10 (7 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs its tension through an economical yet expressive visual language and restrained performances, relying on the atmosphere of post-war Japan as a silent witness to personal turmoil. It explores themes of atonement, social stigma, and the price of silence.
What lingers after viewing is a heavy, yet honest, contemplation on the chains of the past and the moral compromises of survival. The quiet desperation lingers long after the final frame. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Charles Saunders
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In subdued lighting, alone, to absorb every weighted pause and glance.
🎭 Cast
Ruth Dunning
Miss Letty Frost / Irma Randall
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Louisa Sprule
Joanna Dunham
Freda Maybury
Howard Pays
Jack Loring
May Hallatt
Miss Burge
Gwenda Wilson
Jean Berry / Jean Hinton
Ian Colin
Reverend Everard Porson
Gladys Henson
Miss Caroline Cassell
Barbara Everest
Mrs. Judson
Max Brimmell
Doctor Spalding
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