The Smugglers (1947)
"The Man Within" (original title)

Told in flashback, the film opens on a brutal scene of a 17-year-old boy, Francis Andrews, being brutally lashed during a police interrogation in which the boy thinks back to the past that ... See full summary »

Director:

Bernard Knowles

Writers:

Graham Greene (novel), Sydney Box (screenplay),

Stars:

Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Joan Greenwood

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Michael Redgrave	...	Richard Carlyon
Jean Kent	...	Lucy
Joan Greenwood	...	Elizabeth
Richard Attenborough	...	Francis Andrews
Francis L. Sullivan	...	Mr. Braddock
Felix Aylmer	...	Priest
Ronald Shiner	...	Cockney Harry
Basil Sydney	...	Sir Henry Merriman
Ernest Thesiger	...	Farne
Allan Jeayes	...	Judge
Ralph Truman	...	Prison Interrogator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cyril Chamberlain	...	Court clark
Andrew Crawford
Maurice Denham	...	Smuggler
Lyn Evans	...	Warder

Storyline

Told in flashback, the film opens on a brutal scene of a 17-year-old boy, Francis Andrews, being brutally lashed during a police interrogation in which the boy thinks back to the past that placed him in this situation. He betrayed the crew of a smuggling ship whose master, Richard Carlyon, was also his guardian. Some of the smugglers are caught, but Carlyon escapes and then begins his search for Andrews. Carlyon was quiet fond of the boy but knew him for a coward. Andrews seeks refuge in in the cottage of a girl named Elizabeth, who urges him to give testimony against the smugglers in court. He summons his courage and does so. Carlyon, catching up with Andrews, recognizes this as an act of courage, and does not take revenge on him. Carlyon is eventually caught, but despite the police torture, Andrews does not identify him, and he goes free while his guardian faces the gallows. (The original-British-released version runs about 20 minutes longer than the "default" ---actually USA--- ...

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Plot Keywords:

smuggler | guardian | flashback | escape | gallows | 

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Taglines:

Life in the Raw!

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Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Smugglers

Filming Locations:

Gaumont-British Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Production Film Service

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Yes the Novel Does Quote the Hater Within

Actually I haven't seen the film. I've just finished reading The Man Within, which is complicated and powerful. I wanted to see if it had been filmed. Greene was after all a film fan and screenwriter as well as a hugely successful novelist.

Yes, the flyleaf quotes Browne: "There's another man within me that's angry with me." A lot of Greene's novels were filmed, including The Third Man, The Heart of the Matter, and The End of the Affair. I think novelists deserve hugely more credit than they get for successful adaptations.

Yes I know this post is slightly off-point.