Time Without Pity
1957
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Synopsis
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. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Key facts
Cast
Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Paul Daneman, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen, Renée Houston, Lois Maxwell
Original language
English
First release
March 21, 1957 (United Kingdom)
Crew
Screenplay
Ben Barzman
Producer
Anthony Simmons, John Arnold
Cinematography
Freddie Francis
Editing
Alan Osbiston, Max Benedict
Music
Tristram Cary
Stills
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Festival History
- Locarno International Film Festival 2025 generic
- New York Film Festival 2018 generic
- BAFTA Awards 1958 generic
Titles
| Original title | Time Without Pity | |
| Alternate title | Temps sans pitié |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | March 21, 1957 |
| Theatrical | United States | November 22, 1957 |
| Theatrical | France | June 1, 1960 |
Full credits
| Director | Joseph Losey |
| Cast | Michael Redgrave (David Graham), Ann Todd (Honor Stanford), Leo McKern (Robert Stanford), Paul Daneman (Brian Stanford), Peter Cushing (Jeremy Clayton), Alec McCowen (Alec Graham), Renée Houston (Mrs. Harker), Lois Maxwell (Vickie Harker), Richard Wordsworth (Maxwell - the MP), George Devine (Barnes - the Editor), Joan Plowright (Agnes Cole), Ernest Clark (Under Secretary), Peter Copley (Prison Chaplain), Hugh Moxey (Prison Governor), Dickie Henderson (Comedian), John Chandos (1st Journalist), Vernon Greeves (2nd Journalist), Arnold Diamond (3rd Journalist), Julian Somers (First Warder), Aubrey Richards (Prison Gatekeeper), Gwynne Whitby (Stanford's Housekeeper), Christina Lubicz (Jennie Cole), Dervis Ward (1st Mechanic), David Lander (2nd Mechanic), Richard Leech |
| Screenplay | Ben Barzman |
| Producer | Anthony Simmons, John Arnold |
| Executive producer | Leon Clore |
| Cinematography | Freddie Francis |
| Editing | Alan Osbiston, Max Benedict |
| Music | Tristram Cary |
| Production design | Reece Pemberton |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
