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Breath of Life (1963)

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Film details

Featuring

George Moon Larry Martyn April Wilding
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1963
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Freddie, a motor mechanic, rescues a half-dead baby and twenty years later he offers to become responsible for Tony when he is put on probation for petty theft. Tony abuses his kindness by involving Freddie's two adolescent children in a bank robbery in which he panics and kills the cashier. With his associate, Spud and the children, Harry and Monica, he makes for London. They are caught and sentenced, Tony to death. Monica alone is acquitted.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Freddie
    
    George Moon
  - Tony
    
    Larry Martyn
  - Monica
    
    April Wilding
  - Spud
    
    Barry Halliday
  - Marilyn
    
    Vivienne Lacey
  - Harry
    
    Hugh Halliday
  - Winnie
    
    Gabrielle Blunt
  - Max
    
    Leslie Wright
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    J. Henry Piperno
  - Production Company
    
    Norcon Film Productions
  - Producer
    
    Bill Luckwell
  - Producer
    
    Norman Cohen
  - Production Manager
    
    Patrick Kelly
  - Assistant Director
    
    Lionel Claff
  - Script
    
    J. Henry Piperno
  - Photography
    
    Cedric Williams
  - Art Director
    
    Tony Inglis
  - Music Director
    
    Wilfred Burns
  - Sound
    
    Stephen Dalby

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