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High Treason

High Treason

1951Movie⏱️ 1h 30mApproved
CrimeDramaThriller
6.8
IMDB Rating
477 votes

A wave of sabotage has been sweeping England, taking lives and creating instability. Cmdr. Robert Brennan and Supt. Folland of the Special Branch and Major Elliott of MI5 are charged with putting an end to this internal terrorism.

Director
Roy Boulting
Writers
Frank Harvey, Roy Boulting
Stars
Liam Redmond, André Morell, Kenneth Griffith
Release Date
May 20, 1952
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 26
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Liam Redmond
Liam Redmond
as Cmdr. Robert Brennan
André Morell
André Morell
as Supt. Alec Folland
Kenneth Griffith
Kenneth Griffith
as Jimmy Ellis
Anthony Bushell
Anthony Bushell
as Maj. John Elliott
Mary Morris
Mary Morris
as Anna Braun
Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson
as Mrs. Ellis
Anthony Nicholls
Anthony Nicholls
as Grant Mansfield
Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen
as Morgan Williams
John Bailey
John Bailey
as Michael Stringer
Patric Doonan
Patric Doonan
as George Ellis

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production
Paul Soskin Productions

🏷️ Keywords

british noir

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Early Cold War flick - well acted, shot, directed
by adrianovasconcelos2024-06-14
7/10

"Roy Boulting deserves remembering as one of the best British directors of the 1950s and 1960s. With films like THE MAGIC BOX, SEVEN DAYS TO NOON, THE FAMILY WAY and other outstanding credits. HIGH TREASON is certainly a good early Cold War flick, at a time when across the Atlantic US Senator McCarthy was launching his famous House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC) which basically suspected everyone of communist leanings, and those suspicions were only heightened in Great Britain, as part of a continent - Europe - where World War Two had begun and had remained its prime theater, with Russ..."

💡 Did You Know?

When Kenneth Griffith climbs into the attic and uses the wireless, his Morse code is accurate. He sends out an SOS and calls "all large power stations."

📖 Synopsis

A wave of sabotage has been sweeping England, taking lives and creating instability. Cmdr. Robert Brennan and Supt. Folland of the Special Branch and Major Elliott of MI5 are charged with putting an end to this internal terrorism.