The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1949
Man on the Run
Directed by
Lawrence Huntington
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
The story
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
Cast
Derek FarrSgt. Peter Burden
Joan HopkinsJean Adams
Edward ChapmanChief Inspector Mitchell
Laurence HarveyDetective Sergeant Lawson
Howard Marion-Crawford1st Paratrooper
Alfie BassBert the Barge Mate
John BaileyDan Underwood, Burglar
John StuartDet. Inspector Jim McBane
Edward UnderdownSlim Elfey
Leslie PerrinsCharlie
Kenneth MoreCorp. Newman the Blackmailer
Martin MillerTony - Cafe Proprietor
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Margaret GoodmanRosa - Tony's Cafe Waitress
Cameron HallReg Hawkins
Robert AdairMorgan
Eleanor SummerfieldMay Baker, Anchor Hotel
Anthony NichollsWapping Station Inspector
Valentine DyallArmy Judge Advocate
Howard DouglasBarge Captain Sweeney
Lawrence RayAndy Baker - Anchor Hotel
Charles PatonSecond Hand Clothes Shop Proprietor
Gerald CaseConstable on Waterloo Bridge
Patrick BarrDetective at Cabby's Restaurant
Basil CunardSecond Man at Soho Pub
Jack McNaughtonFirst Man at Soho Pub
Roy RussellMobile Police Sergeant
Stuart LindsellElliett
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