Now Barabbas Was a Robber (1949)
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A popular British stage play by William Douglas Home was the basis for this out-of-the-ordinary prison picture. Richard Greene heads the cast as Turnfell, a murderer facing a death sentence. Turnfell is but one of several inmates whose joys and sorrows are detailed in anecdotal fashion: others include a cockney forger (William Hartnell), an embezzling bank clerk (Ronald Howard) and a bigamist (Lesley Dwyer). Also on hand is the Governor (or warden), played with a refreshing lack of genre cliches by Sir Cedric Hardwicke and an Irish terrorist, well-played by a very young Richard Burton. Now Barabbas was a Robber was eventually given a general release under the streamlined title Now Barabbas. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Richard Greene - Tufnell
- Kathleen Harrison - Mrs.Brown
- Stephen Murray - Chaplain
- Richard Burton - Paddy
- Betty Ann Davies - Rosie
- Alec Clunes - Gale
- Dora Bryan - Winnie
- Glyn Lawson
- Julian D'Albie
- David Hannaford - Erb Brown
- Constance Smith - Jean
- Gerald Case
- Cedric Hardwicke - Governor
- Ronald Howard - Roberts Bank Cashier
- William Hartnell - Warder Jackson
- Beatrice Campbell - Kitty
- Leslie Dwyer - Brown
- Harry Fowler - Smith
- Lilly Kahn - Woman
- Victor Fairley
- Percy Walsh
- Kenneth More - Spencer
- Dandy Nichols
- Director(s):
- Gordon Parry
- Writer(s):
- Gordon Parry
- Producer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald
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