The Traitor (Original title)The Accused (Alternative title)
Date: 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Michael McCarthy
Synopsis: Survivors of a wartime resistance group meet at an English country house to find out which of them had betrayed their leader to the Nazis. There follow two killings and a number of plot surprises.
Genre: Thriller
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7933 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins 00 secs - Length: 3200 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2587 14 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7339 14 Mar 1957 Page: 7
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7339 14 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n280 May 1957 Page: 62
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n280 May 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7734 14 Mar 1957 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7734 14 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 192
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Film materials(6)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3163 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-1082698
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-636703
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1569949
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1310992
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1310993
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: MixedBFI identifier: C-1310994
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Michael McCarthy
Synopsis: Survivors of a wartime resistance group meet at an English country house to find out which of them had betrayed their leader to the Nazis. There follow two killings and a number of plot surprises.
Genre: Thriller
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7933 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins 00 secs - Length: 3200 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(25)
Fantur Films present: Fantur Films, Produced by: E.J. Fancey, Production Manager: John Workman, Production Supervisor: O.E. Negus, 1st Assistant Director: Peter Crowhurst, 2nd Assistant Director: Dennis Hall, Continuity: Vera Pavey, Original Story and Screen Play by: Michael McCarthy, Director of Photography: Bert Mason, Photography (Location): Hal Morey, Alfred Burger, Camera Operator: G. Massey Collier, Camera Operator: Sidney Davies, Camera Operator [Location]: Cyril Gray, Assistant Camera Operator: Monty Tomblin, Still Photographer: Edward Orton, Editor: Monica Kimick, Art Director: Herbert Smith, Wardrobe: Rene Coke, Make-up: Sidney Turner, Hairdresser: Joyce Woods, Incidental Music Written and Conducted by: Jackie Brown, Solo Pianist: Dennis Wilson, Sound Recordist: Clifford Sandall
Cast
(23)
Donald Wolfit (Colonel Charles Price), Robert Bray (Major Shane), Jane Griffiths (Vicki Toller), Anton Diffring (Joseph Brezina), Carl Jaffe (Professor Stefan Toller), Karel Stepanek (Friederich Suderman), Oscar Quitak (Thomas Rilke), Christopher Lee (Doctor Neumann), Frederick Schiller (Alfred Baum), Rupert Davies (Clinton, the butler), John Van Eyssen (Lieutenant Bob Grant), Dennis Edwards, Fletcher Lightfoot (man giving telegram to Sudermann), Marie Lightfoot, Bernard Quinn, John Herrington (Albert, Joseph's valet), George Herbert, Frederick Schrecker (man in Sudermann's office), Reginald Atkinson, Ann Greenland, Rex Montgomery, Colin Croft (Theodore Dehmel), Christopher Cooke
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2587 14 Mar 1957 Page: 16Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2587 14 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7339 14 Mar 1957 Page: 7
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7339 14 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n280 May 1957 Page: 62
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n280 May 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7734 14 Mar 1957 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7734 14 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 192
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Film materials(6)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3163 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-1082698
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-636703
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1569949
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1310992
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1310993
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: MixedBFI identifier: C-1310994
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status