Candidate for Murder
Standard 8mm film Black & White Sound 1951 5:56
Summary: A film-noir unpacking the various self-reflexive thoughts one might fall victim to after committing the ultimate sin, with a twist ending.
Title number: 20660
LSA ID: LSA/27218
Description: Candidate For Murder - Don Coleman presents - John Anderson - Candidate For Murder. From an original script Oswell Blakestone. Produced by Don Coleman and Ted Godfrey. At the River Thames. Man lying on floor, someone tosses a newspaper over him . Man running away holding a newspaper. Drops the paper and we see the headline ' 3am - hunt for killer'. London buses - Embankment and Temple station. Shot of London Street. Variety of London shots. High angle looking down onto street. POV of a man. Another man coming out of hotel. Puts on overcoat and hat - walks down street. Meets another man and have a conversation. Same man running away. Shot of train. Street scene - sign on a building - Frequent Electric Service'. In a park - people in their Sunday best. Shot of London Bridge - panning shot. Same man in street - sits down on a bench on the Embankment. Another man sits next to him, they talk. First man leaves newspaper on the seat and other man picks it up. First man leaves. Man by the Docks looking into river. Goes to a police station talks to a policeman. Leaves the police station. Looking despondently at the camera and then shot of the river.
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