Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
The Long Memory
TITLE DETAILS

The Long Memory

1953-01-23 · 96 min · ★ 6.7

Crime · Thriller

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Robert Hamer
Production companies
British Film-Makers, The Rank Organisation, Europa Films
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

John MillsJohn MillsPhillip Davidson
John McCallumJohn McCallumSupt. Bob Lowther
Elizabeth SellarsElizabeth SellarsFay Lowther
Eva BerghEva BerghIlse
Geoffrey KeenGeoffrey KeenCraig
Michael Martin HarveyMichael Martin HarveyJackson
John ChandosJohn ChandosBoyd
John SlaterJohn SlaterPewsey
Thora HirdThora HirdMrs Pewsey
Vida HopeVida HopeAlice Gedge
John Glyn-JonesJohn Glyn-JonesGedge
Mary MackenzieMary MackenzieGladys
Harold LangHarold LangBoyd's Chauffeur/Receptionist
John HorsleyJohn HorsleyBletchley
Fred JohnsonFred JohnsonDriver
Laurence NaismithLaurence NaismithHasbury
Peter JonesPeter JonesFisher
Christopher BeenyChristopher BeenyMickie
Denis ShawDenis ShawShaw (uncredited)

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Nightfall
★ 6.9
Nightfall1956Crime · Thriller

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

You Only Live Once
★ 7.1
You Only Live Once1937Crime

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Plunder Road
★ 6.9
Plunder Road1957Crime

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

Maniac
★ 6.2
Maniac1963Crime · Thriller

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

Conflict
★ 6.7
Conflict1945Thriller

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

They Made Me a Fugitive
★ 6.6
They Made Me a Fugitive1947Crime · Thriller

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

The Blue Lamp
★ 6.6
The Blue Lamp1950Crime · Thriller

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.

Pickup on South Street
★ 7.4
Pickup on South Street1953Crime · Thriller

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

Cry of the City
★ 6.7
Cry of the City1948Crime

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

They Live by Night
★ 6.8
They Live by Night1949Crime

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

The Blue Gardenia
★ 6.5
The Blue Gardenia1953Crime

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

Chief of Station
★ 6.3
Chief of Station2024Thriller

After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

The Web
★ 7.1
The Web1947Crime · Thriller

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

Footsteps in the Fog
★ 7.0
Footsteps in the Fog1955Crime · Thriller

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

5 Against the House
★ 5.9
5 Against the House1955Crime · Thriller

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Black Widow
★ 6.2
Black Widow1987Thriller

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.

The Naked City
★ 7.2
The Naked City1948Crime · Thriller

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Time Without Pity
★ 6.5
Time Without Pity1957Crime · Thriller

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

Shadow of the Thin Man
★ 7.0
Shadow of the Thin Man1941Crime

While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of corruption, blackmail, gambling scandals, and criminal intrigue. As Nick investigates, he encounters suspicious bookmakers, dishonest officials, rival gangsters, and a mysterious killer determined to stay ahead of the law. Nora, as always, is never far from the action, bringing her quick wit and fearless curiosity to the case.

The Glass Key
★ 6.7
The Glass Key1942Crime · Thriller

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Similar titles

Rebecca
★ 7.9
Rebecca1940Thriller

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

The Godfather Part III
★ 7.4
The Godfather Part III1990Crime · Thriller

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
★ 8.0
Kill Bill: Vol. 12003Crime

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

A History of Violence
★ 7.2
A History of Violence2005Crime · Thriller

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

Gilda
★ 7.5
Gilda1946Thriller

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

The Lady from Shanghai
★ 7.3
The Lady from Shanghai1947Crime · Thriller

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Road to Perdition
★ 7.4
Road to Perdition2002Crime · Thriller

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

The Sicilian Clan
★ 7.6
The Sicilian Clan1969Crime

An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

The Brave One
★ 6.6
The Brave One2007Crime · Thriller

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

The Bitch
★ 5.1
The Bitch1984Crime · Thriller

After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.

Los agentes del 5º grupo
★ 6.2
Los agentes del 5º grupo1955Thriller

Duran and his team of the fifth group are secret agents missioned by Inspector Peña to find and capture a gang of dangerous criminals who are planning a major hit.

The Scorpion
★ 5.1
The Scorpion1997Thriller

Josef Bertholt is head of operations of the Munich Police's drug squad. When his wife Lily is the victim of a hit by drug dealers, he becomes even more obsessed with his work.

Lady Vengeance
★ 7.5
Lady Vengeance2005Thriller

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

The Devil's Own
★ 6.2
The Devil's Own1997Crime · Thriller

Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.

Ghajini
★ 7.0
Ghajini2008Thriller

A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.

Already Dead
★ 5.6
Already Dead2007Crime · Thriller

When Thomas Archer's happy and successful life is all but ruined following a horrific attack he is presented with a perfect opportunity to exact physical revenge upon the man who caused all his grief. However the immediate consequences of his actions and in-actions are much more complicated than he imagined.

Wake of Death
★ 6.1
Wake of Death2004Thriller

Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.

Poolhall Junkies
★ 6.4
Poolhall Junkies2002Thriller

A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.

No Love 1/2
★ 10.0
No Love 1/22026Crime

A cocktail mix of yuri with neo-noir and girls-with-guns.

.45
★ 5.1
.452006Crime · Thriller

Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish, and self-confident, but all that leaves her when Al, in a jealous and self-indulgent rage, beats her. Three friends encourage her recovery: Vic, a woman who would like to be Kate's lover; Reilly, who runs with Al but also is attracted to Kate and repulsed by Al's violence; and, Liz, the counselor assigned to Kate from a battered-women's program. Vic and Reilly talk about killing Al, Liz gives pep talks; Kate remains frightened. Will Al's menace and Kate's dependency hold sway?

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.