In prison, two inmates are getting out soon. One, soon getting out, has been sent up for a heist of several thousand pounds, still not recovered. The other, getting out before him, pumps ...
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Title: Face of a Stranger (1964)
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| Jeremy Kemp | ... | Vince Howard | |
| Bernard Archard | ... | Michael Forrest | |
| Rosemary Leach | ... | Mary Bell | |
| Philip Locke | ... | John Bell | |
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Elizabeth Begley | ... | Mrs. Holden |
| Jean Marsh | ... | Grace | |
| Ronald Leigh-Hunt | ... | Prison Governor (as Ronald Leigh Hunt) | |
| Mike Pratt | ... | Harry | |
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Henry B. Longhurst | ... | Peters (as Henry Longhurst) |
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Alec Bregonzi | ... | Garage Proprietor |
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Keith Smith | ... | Ticket Collector |
| Edward Dentith | ... | Prison Officer | |
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Victor Charrington | ... | Chief Prison Officer |
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In prison, two inmates are getting out soon. One, soon getting out, has been sent up for a heist of several thousand pounds, still not recovered. The other, getting out before him, pumps the other for details of his home life, so he he can assume the other's identity and get to the loot first.
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Opening credits: All characters and events in this film are fictitious and any similarity to actual persons and events is purely coincidental. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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1964 (UK) See more »Filming Locations:
Merton Park Studios, Merton, London, England, UKCompany Credits
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I was quite taken with this movie. It is about a prison inmate who gets out to find that his wife is living with another man. He then visits the wife of a fellow inmate of whom he knows that he stashed the loot of a heist. He wants part of it, of course, but somehow he is also in search of consolation. The wive has gone blind so he pretends to be her husband. She seems to go for it - which if course is pretty weird and not really credible. But in the end it makes sense. The point is, that for both it is love at first sight (pun cannot be avoided) and they are a perfect match. The film succeeds in showing the mutual attraction of this odd and unlikely couple of two criminally minded but also vulnerable people. Jeremy Kemp gives his best, I feel he is an underestimated actor who only rarely could show his talenty beyond typecasting.