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Time Without Pity
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Time Without Pity

Time Without Pity

1957
Drama, Crime
1h 25m
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec's father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. Alec repudiates his father's attempts for a final reconciliation. (imdb)

Time Without Pity

1957
Drama, Crime
1h 25m
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Rated 04 Mar 2010
57
15th
Joseph Losey's first film after being blacklisted is a potboiler about an alcoholic father (Michael Redgrave) racing against time to save his son from death row. I was amazed that it took him as long as did to figure out that the cackling, evil rich guy did, but then again, he was drunk most of the time. I expected more from Losey, who usually has richer material to work with.
Rated 21 Feb 2021
65
36th
Really was expecting more from Losey
Rated 16 Feb 2021
3
24th
Redgrave is a standout but nothing special here.
Rated 22 Nov 2019
78
71st
Redgrave does a superb job in showing the various stages of hope and despair, he goes through in the process of proofing his son's innocence.
Rated 28 Nov 2015
91
95th
The superb performance from Redgrave is the highlight, with excellent cinematography a close second, but it's the supremely well crafted plotting and the unyielding sense of urgency that are the heart of the film. It's a messy plot that could easily be a disaster, but the execution turns it into an excellent portrait of desperation in various incarnations. No one digs their own hole, they just do what they can to get out guided by the mishmash of emotions that drive them to the edge of insanity.
Rated 25 Aug 2013
75
89th
Very good.

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