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The Violent Years (1959)

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Featuring
Laurence Harvey Hildegard Knef Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Director
Peter Graham Scott
Country
United Kingdom
Year
1959
Type
Television

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Chris/Misha
    Laurence Harvey
  - Julia/Dinah
    Hildegard Knef
  - Emma
    Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
  - Martha Lubin
    René Ray
  - Dr Anne Carrington
    Marie Ney
  - The General
    Newton Blick
  - Stark/Landy
    Anthony Newlands
  - Bancroft
    Alan Gifford
  - judge
    Robert Henderson
  - foreman
    Jerold Wells
  - Briggs
    Joss Ackland
  - guard/butler
    Carl Conway
  - general's aide
    Alan Scott
  - Chris, as a boy
    Paul Castaldini
  - Walter
    Brian Mcdermott
  - Marlene
    Marianne Brauns
  - waiter
    Richard Cuthbert
  - rabbi
    Anthony Jacobs
  - immigration officer
    Harry Lane
  - crematorium man
    Gordon Phillott
  - Rossi
    Murray Kash
  - Mrs Holt
    Estelle Brody
Credits
- Direction:
  - Peter Graham Scott
  Production:
  - Anglia Television
  - Associated-Rediffusion Studios
  Writing:
  - Adapted for television by
    Eve Martell
  - Ladislas Fodor
  Design:
  - Fred Pusey

Synopsis

A man on trial for his life in an American court, reflects on his past in Austria and Germany while awaiting the jury's verdict.

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