The Tall Headlines

Film Description

A dramatic British film of a family torn apart by their eldest son being hanged for the murder of a young girl. George and Mary Rackham (André Morell and Flora Robson) try to erase the memory of their eldest son Ronnie and the ghoulish attention of neighbours by moving away from their family home, and changing the family name. But their children, Philip (Michael Dennison) and Frankie (Jane Hylton), struggle to adapt to normal family life without their executed brother.

When Philip falls in love with the blonde temptress, Doris (Mai Zetterling), he begins to imagine that his dead brother has returned and fears for his own sanity. Rejected by his sister for falling in love with a girl who is identical to the woman who led Ronnie astray, Philip begins to fear that the murderous instinct that possessed Ronnie, is also within his veins…

Reviews

Share your thoughts - write a review

Related Genres

• Classic Movies / Drama
• Classic Movies / British