Black Memory
Black Memory
| 01 July 1947 (USA)
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Cockney Danny Cruff is the son of a man wrongly accused of murder. Danny decides to solve the mystery himself by hobnobbing with London's underworld. To do this, he poses as a juvenile delinquent.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Boobirt

Stylish but barely mediocre overall

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Ploydsge

just watch it!

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Janae Milner

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Danny Cruff is taken to an approved school after his father is hanged for murder. He escapes from the school and years later goes back to the street where he lived still haunted by the 'black memory' of what happened to his father. It's not a bad film at all. There is a dark undertow to the film that can easily be missed but it is there in John Gilling's well written dialogue. Some of the cinematography has a good noir feel. It would have been better if Danny Cruff had been played by a stronger actor as Michael Atkinson is rather bland. Good performances are given though by top billed Michael Medwin as gangster Johnnie Fletcher, Sidney James in his debut film as the put upon cafe owner Eddie and Jane Arden as the gangster's girlfriend who is manipulated. A movie that deserves a better rating.

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Unathanthium Z

Michael Medwin, later to feature in Shoestring some thirty years later, plays a young thug, rather in the mould of Pinkie from Brighton Rock. He has the meatiest role in this efficient, if not particularly tense, thriller. Jane Arden, soaked in sass, plays his moll, and brings off a spirited performance. There is even a slight suggestion that the pair spent the night together, rather risqué for its time.Sid James features in his first film looking, as ever, craggy and plays the part of a cowardly cafe owner. Micheal Atkinson plays Danny, a rather colourless youth, who we are meant to cheer on but never was justice in its human form so dull though by the end of the film he has found a suitable personality.All in all it passes the time in a not unpleasant way.

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Leofwine_draca

BLACK MEMORY is a cheap British crime film written by John Gilling, later to dominate the B-movie genre of film-making in the 1950s. This one's a little cheaper, a little darker, and a little more dated than most British crime films of the era, but it's certainly not a bad film and it doesn't deserve the low rating it has accrued on this site.The plot is a straightforward one about a boy whose father is arrested and later hanged for murder. He grows up into something of a tearaway and arrives back in his old town looking for a job. Once there, he discovers that the circumstances surrounding the historical murder are rather murky, and local gangster Michael Medwin is somehow involved.What follows is a film with a bit of everything; a heist plays a big part in the proceedings and there are the usual tropes of the genre elsewhere. However, it's quite serviceable, and it does have a very short running time which means that it's never dull. I did find that the main characters were a little young to be convincing. Michael Atkinson as the lead is saddled with a deathly dull character although Michael Medwin is much better in an early turn as the villain. Sid James plays in his first film and is a sorrowful supporting character. Jane Arden steals the show as a would-be femme fatale.

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GUENOT PHILIPPE

I saw it only a few minutes ago and almost forgot it...I ain't joking. A film from UK, written by John Gilling, I remember this, OK, but that's all. What the hell is going with me?A British movie from the late forties as I usually avoid at all costs. But I tried with this one, just too see. I remember this too, I am so glad. That means that I will not become like Rita Hayworth in a close future...Alzheimer disease. See what I mean?..But I don't remember the story of this movie. Oh yes, it was talkative, boring, boring...And so naive...Sorry folks, that's all I can remember. But maybe it is a fantastic movie...Who knows...Well, enough joke. A forgettable feature, so common, nothing special. Only for rare stuff seekers only. Fanatic ones like me.

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