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Original title

The Break

Year

1962

Running time

77 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Lance Comfort

Screenwriter

Pip Baker, Jane Baker

Cast

Music

Brian Fahey

Cinematography

Basil Emmott (B&W)

Producer

Mancunian Films. Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation

Genre

Drama | Crime

Synopsis

A dangerous prisoner, Jacko Thomas, overpowers his police guard and jumps from a speeding train in the Dartmoor countryside. In the ensuing fight Jacko kills the guard and makes his way to a secluded hotel on the moors where Tredgar is being paid to arrange a safe transit for Jacko and his sister Jean. But Jean as no idea of Jacko's murderous character, and when an ex-policeman and a famous novelist book into the isolated hotel, the scene is set for a series of murders and a shocking climax.

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The Break

1962

Lance Comfort