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Blackmailed

Blackmailed

4,3 /10 (4 Votes)
1951 EN 85 min

Overview

A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)

Release date

30/01/1951

Votes

4

Popularity

0.7

Unless they pay, the world will know their secrets!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

85 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-03-02

⭐ 6

This is quite a cleverly conceived drama that does ask us whether, ever, two wrongs might actually make a right. It’s after “Mary” (Shirley Wright) is involved in a road accident that hospital almoner “Mrs. Christopher” (Fay Compton) is called in to comfort the injured woman and finds herself charged with delivering an envelope. Inadvertently, she walks in on the nasty “Sine” (James Robertson Justice) in the middle of blackmailing a young woman. A scuffle ensues and next thing, she, “Carol” (Mai Zetterling) and “Dr. Freeman” (Robert Flemying) have quite an headache. That only gets worse when “…

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