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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305499220
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6305499225
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Release Date: June 27, 2000
Running Time: 78 minutes
Sales Rank: 50045
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 06, 1948
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This is one of the rare British films that really capture the attitude as well as the shadowy style of American film noir. Trevor Howard stars as Clem, an ex-serviceman bored with civilian life who joins a gang of black marketeers for excitement and money. When he stands up to his sadistic boss Narcy (Griffith Jones), he finds himself the patsy for a senseless murder, and the film develops an edge of desperation and doom as the once jovial heist man becomes bitter and vengeful. When Clem breaks out of prison and a countrywide manhunt fails to stop his journey to London, he becomes (in the best noir tradition) the scapegoat for crimes committed along his escape route. A terrified Narcy goes on a rampage, torturing and murdering to cover up his complicity in the cop killing. Director Alberto Cavalcanti (Nicholas Nickleby) creates a suitably seedy atmosphere of shadowy alleys, foggy waterfront dives, and claustrophobic underground clubs, and matches the dark urban underworld setting with taut direction and tight editing. Howard delivers one of his best performances as the hate-driven criminal wrapped up in emotional scar tissue, a shadow of his former self seeping out in quiet moments. This hard-edged and unexpectedly violent thriller is one of the most impressive and understated British crime films. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Revenge On The Wet Streets Of Soho, With A Fine Performance By Trevor Howard
This is a fine example of the gritty gangster movies Britain produced in the late Forties and early Fifties. We're talking wet cobblestone streets at night in Soho, brutal black marketeers who don't mind beating a woman with a studded belt, betrayal and revenge. Note that elements of the plot are discussed.
Clem Morgan (Trevor Howard), a bored ex-RAF man, is recruited by a friend, Narcy (Griffith Jones), to join his gang of black marketeers. Narcy deals in everything from whiskey to ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent British crime noir-drama
Purchased on a whim, this release has been sitting on my shelf for quite awhile before I got around to watching it. I don't know, maybe the title seemed too sensationalistic for me to have taken it seriously, but don't let that stop you. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) is an superior British film noir classic that is well worth your time.
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, or, Cavalcanti, as he is credited on screen and starring Trevor Howard who also starred in other films like The Third ... Read More
Rating: - Brit noir
Hooray for Kino on Video for continuing to locate and digitize the best available prints of often forgotten but entertaining American and international films.
American film noir style from Britain? THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE (1947) stars Trevor Howard as a lighthearted but bored ex-GI who -- mainly for fun and money -- joins a gang of racketeers. But when he challenges his sadistic boss, he's framed for murder and put in the slammer. Now hateful and bitter, he breaks out of prison and heads ... Read More
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