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port of escape (1956)

"I saw a murder."
Mitchell & Dinty (John McCallum & Bill Kerr) are sailors docked in London. Unfortunately Dinty is mugged, and when Mitchell comes to his aid the mugger is killed during the ensuing struggle. As is normal in these cases, someone sees just enough to come to the wrong conclusion. In this case, Annie (Googie Withers) sees enough to believe Mitchell is a murderer. Mitchell sees her leave the scene, and pursues her to a boat she lives on with two others, and they take the women hostage as Mitchell tries to persuade them that he acted in self defense.
Claustrophobic drama, that is too convoluted to truly convince.

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