The October Man (1947)
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
Top billed cast
John MillsJim Ackland
Joan GreenwoodJenny Carden
Edward ChapmanMr. Peachy
Kay WalshMolly Newman
Joyce CareyMrs. Vinton
Catherine LaceyMiss Selby
Adrianne AllenJoyce Carden
Felix AylmerDr. Martin
Frederick PiperDet. Insp. Godby
John BoxerDet. Sgt. Troth
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