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The Call of the Blood (Original title)Il Richiamo Del Sangue (Alternative title)
Date: 16 August 1948 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy

Director: John Clements

Synopsis: Period drama set in 1900. David and Anne Erskine, a newly-married British couple go to Sicily where the Sicilian mother of the groom has willed them a house as a wedding present. In his wife's absence, the husband seduces a local girl and is murdered by her father after she dies in a fall from a cliff.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 8013 FeetDialogue (original): English

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (4)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n171 March 1948  Page: 29
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n171 March 1948: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v70 n5609 13 Feb 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5609 13 Feb 1948: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2102 14 Aug 1947
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2102 14 Aug 1947: no known title]Language: English

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