Is The October Man easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The October Man sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The October Man end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The October Man scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The October Man violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The October Man

Name: The October Man
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1947
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey

The Great Star of "Great Expectations" at His Greatest!

Directed by Roy Ward Baker

Produced by Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

194795 min6.2 / 10

A noir-inflected British thriller about a man with memory loss wrongly suspected of murder, built on paranoia and the unreliability of his own mind.

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.

Clusters

Paranoia and Procedure Film Genres and Movements Amnesia and Memory Loss Movies Crime and Thriller

Genres

Mystery Thriller

Keywords

Film Noir Memory Loss British Noir

Questions people ask

Is The October Man easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The October Man sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does The October Man end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is The October Man scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is The October Man violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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