Never Look Back 1952 British Murder Courtroom Drama Rosamund John | Hugh Sinclair
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- A female lawyer hears a knock on her door one night and discovers that it is an old boyfriend, whose current girlfriend has thrown him out, and he needs a place to stay the night.
She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he must leave the next morning. When he returns home he finds that his girlfriend has been murdered. His former lover agrees to defend him without telling the court that he spent the night with her.
Complications ensue.
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Wonderful movie with great actors. For me, it was a very special movie as Arthur Howard, the younger brother of Leslie Howard, was playing the part of the first witness, Mr Vaughan in this movie. It was arranged for me to meet Arthur in 1966, and being young I was terrified of meeting a stage and film actor for the first time. I was worried as to what to say to this person if I was able to say anything, but my worries were put aside because after less than 5 minutes he had me talking about myself and nothing could have stopped me. You see, I was very timid and shy in those days, and this wonderful person was able to relax me and stop being frightened. Thank you Arthur for that. May you RIP.
These British movies are most enjoyable. Interesting plots and good acting. Bravo to the Brits.
Thank you for posting! Very good! Blacks and Whites are the best. ♥️♥️♥️
Suicide or murder - and innocent goodness of a believing friend - and the best and most gentlemanly courtroom drama...Wow! Great film. Please watch it . And thanks for uploading. People from the older generation, like me, may wonder at the crass, vulgar way in which unnecessary details are elicited these days in cases involving well known figures, in comparison to getting to the truth with intelligence, manners and respectability...
I was born in 1960. I am an Indian who lives in India, but has also lived in the USA for 7 years-teaching.
I strongly agree with you.
Superb dialogue for a B movie. The famous quality of British actors in the 1950s, even second pew, is present everywhere. Thank you for sharing
To me referring to these as “B” movies was an insult because the actors were always “A” quality.
For the British film industry in 1952, I think this was more than a "B-film"
@@vanessashaw5365 ..AND THE WRITING.
DURING THOSE DAYS FILM INDUSTRY WAS TEEMING WITH GODD WRITERS.
AND WRIERS WERE VALUED.
ALSO IN MY COUNTRY INDIA.
Watch it through the ending. Delightful film that gets better and better as it goes.
A must see movie !An unusual court case drama with three brilliant stars - talented Rosamund John and Hugh Sinclair and excellent actor Guy Middleton. Great story with a surprise ending! Most enjoyable 🙏🏻🙂
Typical 1952 ending. After years of studying then ruination of her career, woman suddenly becomes happy to marry man she doesn't really want to marry.. Both live happy ever after!
My sentiments exactly.
@@phyllisbrunskill4250
... both live happily ever after whenever possible.
@@phyllisbrunskill4250 She brought it all on herself due to hubris!
The highlight of the film is the all-round villainy of the Guy character. A stupendous piece of acting. That said, what baffled me was how Anne could at all have had any kind of relationship with such a character in the past, a man twice her age with teeth about to fall off, a man who reeks of villainy in body, speech and soul!
He probably stank of tobacco and booze,a revolting thing from the depths of the lower Thames.
This was an excellent movie and worthy of viewing. TFS.
What an enjoyable film! Engaging storyline, beautiful production, a fine script, what a gem! Thank you so very much for this upload!
i love these old British courtroom movies 🎥❤️
@Ourladyrules Have you any others to recommend?
@@crose7412 Accused (1936) and Action For Slander (1937) are both very good vintage British films , i enjoyed them very much 🎥😀
@@crose7412 Inquest, 1939 is also another great film, well worth seeing. hope these suggestions help. enjoy 🎥
Rosamund gave another wonderful performance in "Green for Danger", a terrific murder mystery starring Alistair Sim.
I fell for her when I saw The Way to the Stars.
That was a great film too!
She's a very lovely woman. I miss the days when women too the time make themselves presentable like this woman. Now days woman don't take the time to look lovely.
British actresses.Rona Anderson,Virginia Maskell,Yvonne Mitchell,Helen Cherry,Virginia Mckenna.Hollywood can keep Marilyn,Ava and Rita.
gary... they don't know who to look presentable...... because women have become lazy:
A mediocre looking woman in my era, knew how to attend to her flaws, and do
something about it: to be pretty:
Today, women have not been taught how to act like a lady, a woman,,and to be attractive with little expense:
Once you teach yourself to be tidy with yr hair, teeth skin, clothes and yr shoes:
Beats anything I ever saw. WOW!
Guy Middleton was a SUPERB Villain!
Everyone did a Wonderful Job of their Part, and the Plot was so very unusual.
All very Well Done! I highly recommend it.
@anombrerose6311 Guy Middleton was also a superb copper in 'The Third Visitor' which is also available on UA-cam.
I was certainly not disappointed when I chose to see this film.
Love Rosamund John. So gentle and elegant.
She played Toddy in that wonderful film The Way to the Stars.Have a box of Kleenex handy
Despite the cabbages.
@@pinkbeautytwinkle that's right!
Excellent choice in your decision to upload this dramatic film!
Great movie. What a dislikable character.... so self-involved & oblivious of the hurt he may cause. Great movie. Thank You
It's great to see lovely Rosamund John again. Hugh Sinclair always acts as though he has got a funny smell under his nose. Thanks so much for posting.
LOL & Laughing my fat fanny off! You're absolutely correct. Reminded me of what my ex-husband would retort whenever I would say, "What is that awful smell?" Your upper lip. Now, whenever I see Sinclair, I'm gonna get the giggles thinking his upper lip smells!
Brian Evans, I agree. Joan Fontaine ALWAYS looked like she was smelling something dreadful, too!!!! 😂😂😂
@@sheristewart3940 Hi there, Thanks for the reply, and I'm glad it made you laugh.
@@kayhathaway6956 Hi there. Now you mention it, I can see just what you mean and thanks for the laugh.
@@sheristewart3940lol!!!!!
What a charming film. Thank you.
Beautiful story in all Sense ❤
Great stuff! Thank you
He was a Cad, an Absolute Cad ‼️‼️😄😄💯
An enjoyable film with the twist at the end. Thanks for the upload.
At 43.34 is actor Arthur Howard, the younger brother of the more-famous pre-war actor/producer Leslie Howard.
Minor actor Harry H. Corbett can be seen as a prison-warder at 1.01: Corbett later hit the big-time in 1960s/'70s television comedy.
To be so smart she was so unwise !
Good little film , thank you.
Now that we have had 70 years of QC's, I suppose we will be going back to KC's after the King's coronation.
Good point, well made.
Gosh, l haven't though of that... clever!
They already do call themselves KC's -- no need to wait for the coronation. Their title changed immediately Charles became King, on the death of Queen Elizabeth.
Excellent movie thank you
One of the bit parts, the officer at the remand cell, was Harry H. Corbett better know for his role as Harold Steptoe in Steptoe and Son.
Over exposed. Adjust your settings if possible.
The ending was so 50s but the rest of the film was excellent
Good courthouse drama. More intriguing question is how did a smart and intelligent lady fall for such a low-life character?
What stupid woman… letting herself to be played like that…. She was not very clever for being an attorney…
@cristinaborger83 She was a barrister, K.C.!
Not bad at all. I'll never let a man sleep on my couch!
The lady that talks to Rosamund John after 5 mins was a car mechanic in A Canterbury Tale.
Her evening dress at the start looks like it has 2 cabbages on the bodice😃
yes, it was ghastly! I never saw such an awful dress....
@@margaretwhittaker2291 Agreed. It was absolutely horrible, who on earth thought that one up.
it's hideous, isn't it?
Good grief! It's not the height of fashion but,
*the height of vulgarity!* I would have refused to wear it.
That cheap little string around her neck didn't help.
That young Alan character turned up in Coronation Street about thirty years later as one of Elsie Tanners playthings - he still had the stiff upper lip 1950s style of acting like in this film
I wonder what kind of a life it is to just drift. No focus, no ambition. Except for my family my career was the most important thing in my life. 50 yrs Home Builder.
A lot may depend upon which shore or beach you wash up on. i wouldn't say all drifters have no ambitions or focus. They are not all Zombies. Some drift as they cut their moorings for any of a number of reasons. Society it self drifted apart after the 1940s war when 2 different sets of values emerged with the older generation who had been through the war thinking they could no longer understand their children because their children had never known or seen what those who survived had seen.
Implausibly Good going.
All on all, general publick was betrer off without Ann in the court. Lack of reasoning is one (she could have realized that she did not know if he was wondering around) and questionnable ethics was another reason - why would you take a case defending your former lover and hope nobody wouild figure it out?
Crikey, bet you couldn't get anywhere without the right accent in those days. 1952 eh, I was lucky - that's when I was born and my lot went on to change an awful lot of things:) Thanks for a flash of the past!
I noticed you didn't change things for the better. When you say 'your lot' You could be referring to the Rockers hurling deck chairs about on Brighton beach and thinking that was the sort of rebellious change which was right for Brighton. You could have been a Greaser, Mod, spive, Beatnic or Bethenal Green Gangster.Or were you a young Tory and therefore you thought you changed things but instead of change you were only changing the narrative of pupupets on a stage. It wasn't your lot who changed the monarch in february '52 from George Vi to Lizaseth II. I guess not. So what were those supposed changes your lot thought they made, Sir. And when did you make them. Because later in the fifties people were still using the hand mangle to squish out water from their washing and going to the outside karzi to read the old news of yesterdays gone by. It was hardly accent in my opinion. But gramma. In terms of success and popularity the accents which were raising to popularappeal were the Liverpudlian, Beatles and Cilla Black. Or you had the Barbara Winsors type Cockney accents. But those were hardly what some may say was proper spoken English. They were English accentuated accents which became popular with or with out gramma. I think you meant gramma. Which of your generation didn't know about or care for. That is clearly evident as the children of the sixties who came from the previous generation turned out to be Beatniks, Hippies, Flower children and Train Robbers. But truly the Train Robbers were not your lot's fault or your generation's fault as most of them were from the Georian era.
@@MikeGreenwood51 Oh dear, I think you need to address your lack of correct spelling and grammar yourself!
2nd lie: accused let himself in: how awfully scary, w/o regard of courtesy.
Good stuff indeed
And there as a prison guard near the end was Harry H Corbett, ( Harold Steptoe) not quite the "English Marlon Brando" back then.
Gordon Bennett dad!You dirty old man!
At 1:02:35. Saying Excuse me sir as he opened the door standing to attention. Thank you. I would never have recognised him.
Arthur Howard,bro of Leslie and uncle of Ronald.
I'm puzzled by the ending. Why is Ransome going to jail for a nice long stretch. The prosecutor assaulted him. Couldn't Ransome claim self-defense? And how dumb was Ann -- not to consider the possibility that Ransome might have snuck out during the night.
My impression was that Ransome was wanted for past crimes brought to light by the prosecutor as a result of background investigations. Yes I thought he may have sneaked out in the night easily, but the real mystery to me is why did Ann like him at all, ever.
Ransome was a seedy creep from the beginning. Also however; a violent assault on a member of the court is considered a dire offense. And he had a witness. The story was better without a delay at the end explaining details. Artistic license.
That is why she did not say that he slept on the couch. That possibility would have been addressed.
Anyway, that weasel screaming, "Ann, Ann, Ann," from the dock compromised her immensely. I'm sure the jury felt that there was some sort of hanky panky going on between Ann and Ranscome. Ranscome's so low, lower than whale poop!
@@sheristewart3940
"so low, lower than whale poop!" Um chuckling!
Ransome pulled a gun. Also, the prosecuting attorney had evidence of other, lesser crimes as he stated when he said about pulling up a rock and discovering other things about Ramsome.
Flippin’ heck, barristers will be KCs again now. How strange
A really good film. Brenda de Banzie is very elegant
@BOC-kr2il Her character was pretending to be elegant - she was common.
Das ist gut filmen !
Yes your right they do look like 2 floppy cabbages💥🇦🇽🌞
The sound is "fuzzy". Unless it's my phone, which had perfect sound as late as last night! ????
Rosamond John is one of my favorite actresses. ;)
Yes, the sound wasn't super clear for me either.
Sorry if the audio is a problem.There is something like a 10-12 step process between the original film and audio, all the way down to the YT uploads. If anything goes wrong at any stage, it can lead to problems. I have control of the last 3-4 steps and I try very hard not to make any mistakes or add to any existing problems.
The accused’s age supposedly is 43(?) he looks more like age:63!
Born in 1906, he was 45-46 y/o in this film. If he smoked and drank alcohol to excess, coupled with his thin physique, this could result in his looking older than his actual age. Around the eyes he doesn't appear to be in the best of health. He died from heart attack at age 66.
Everybody looked old back in those days. Even children.😅
@@TheSuperHarrygeorge...... Agree, even in photos, it was worse:
Good
Oh well Mrs Stewart’s career as a KC was now over for her.
Terence Longdon,Carryon Nurse and tvs Gary Halliday
Debut 1.01.30 Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett).
Brenda de Banzie wow!
43? I thought Ransome was a rough 65.
12:10 What on earth is she wearing? She must have made it herself. (And now, further along, poor "Guy" looks as if he is at death's door. Not well at all.) Oh, my goodness.
The question she asked the guard did he or didn’t he he spent a certain amount of time in the shelter was stupid 😮. Of course he did or didn’t he, either way. 😅
If a friend asked you. 'Have you had breakfast this morning'. Would you reply 'Erh! Wa'd u mean' prompting the repharsal to 'did you of didn't you have breakfast'. Would you then turn to some one and say that guy is stupid. 'Course I did or didn't?
I suppose the film was made before the previous monarch died: wouldn't she have been a QC in '52?
Queen Elizabeth II Barristers wouldn't have been officially classified as Q.C. until she was officially crowned in 1953. However there is no 'real' Time-Frame in the film, which would have started filming earlier in 1952, and was probably filmed and possibly completed before the King George VI had passed away.
@@moonshadow3946 thanks!
what a plodding annoying flick. sets back women barristers a half century. the only notable performance is Guy Middleton as the... jerk. the wigs are cute though.
I wonder how old they were supposed to be? She looks at least 40 and he does look 60.
It would seem tiresome 2 stand n the witness stand 4 long lengths of time n English courts. Is the accused ever allowed 2 sit down?
Yes they are.
Was that the actual trial? Then the question of ballistics would have already been dealt with.
If you unlaced the shoestring around her neck would her dress fall down?
Request Can you do some International Detective Tv Series from 1959 pleAse I like to see i t if you got it please
40 minutes in the the protagonist KC seems almost too moronic to believe! We'll see what happens.
Rate 6.4
Noir
Her former boyfriend is developing a Vampire tooth on his right side of the mouth 😮
Delicious...
Never look back our memories help us look back for good reasons doesn't make sense not to look back
Now I wasted 2 minutes on this because you PUT A COLOUR THUMBNAIL FOR A B/W MOVIE
Sorry about that. It's still a good movie. You might enjoy it!
@@VintageFilmChannel ,😃 can't buy the premise of a legal mind not disclosing vital information from the authorities, sorry
I would also add that I have done some colorized versions of a few programs. Check for the "Colorized" playlist! Thanks again, every comment is valuable to us.
@@VintageFilmChannelI like black and white
Me Too, but increasingly, people like color as well...
terrible print & sound .. too bad ...
I started to watch the movie because it had the great Brenda de Banzie. And I just fast forwarded until she was on screen.
Brenda de Benzie is one of the greatest actresses ever on film. And she did not disappoint. Everyone else, except the villain, was like milquetoast. Boring as heck.
Someone plz explain the story to me. Who was the murderer
@rajdeo263 Dr Crippen.
What happened to the gorgeous actress? I cannot remember seeing her in anything else.
You MUST check out "Green For Danger" here on UA-cam! It offers a superb storyline with a host of well-known actors, including Rosamund John and Alastair Sim! I watched it again today, while I worked on my art projects. It's always nice to listen to a well-loved movie when I am busy with art. I don't have to watch it to keep up with what is happening, because I already know what is happening. I enjoy audiobooks, as well. Simon Stanhope's channel "Bitesized Audio" is great for that!
You can see Rosamund John in the classic who done it " Green For Danger" 1946 with Alistair Sim --- available on You Tube
The Way to the stars.
Four other films she was in, also available on youtube are:
'The Gentle Sex', 'When the Bough Breaks', 'The Upturned Glass' and 'Tawny Pipit'.
@@aubreytreves Thanks for bringing When The Bough Breaks to my attention. Another Rosamund John film to tick off my list
guy and his bad teeth...how can someone be and actor and appear in films with rotten teeth?
Sorry, but I was rather disappointed. Especially after reading the glowing remarks previously made by earlier viewes. Oh well, we each have our likes. 🙂
bad audio
We try really hard to get it right. Could you describe what you noticed?
Found the audio to acceptable .
Very disappointing film
Sorry you were unhappy. Many people have really liked it.maybe yo can browse the channel and find something you like better. Regardless, I thank you for watching and commenting.