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The police clash with Dr. Sanderson, a welfare worker, who thinks he can take the gun-toting Wilson without complications, but when a Police Sergeant is injured, Police Inspector Thompson is determined to take Wilson by force if necessary. — Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> Synopsis.
Plot. Peter Watson, a tenant of a boarding house, is troubled with pain and an inability to sleep. He repeatedly tries unsuccessfully to light the gas-fire that requires coins and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model, and is reluctant to be disturbed. Another neighbour, Pollen, calls for ...
Peter Watson (Richard Attenborough) lives in a dingy London boarding house, plagued by guilt and slowly losing his mind. His anguished state was caused by a terrible...
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The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.
Sep 10, 2012 · Time Out says. Attenborough as the quiet lodger who blows his cork, shoves a policeman down the stairs, and barricades himself into his room at the top.
The storyline, involving a man in crisis, is still pertinent today thanks to its depiction of mental health issues. We should hope, however, that Peter Watson, Attenborough’s character, would receive more sympathetic treatment from both his neighbours and the police.
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