Two Living, One Dead

• Director: Anthony Asquith
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Crime Drama, Psychological Drama
• Themes: Unlikely Heroes
• Main Cast: Patrick McGoohan, Bill Travers
• Release Year: 1961
• Country: SE/UK
• Run Time: 92 minutes

Plot

Two Living, One Dead examines the pitfalls of hero worship, and the culpability of the media in fostering misguided adulation. A robbery and murder is committed in a British pub, during which Bill Travers, a friend of the dead man, apparently acts with rare courage. His companion Patrick McGoohan, also apparently, did not lift a finger to help during the holdup. Travers is lauded publicly as a hero, while McGoohan is condemned as a coward. When the truth comes out, Travers is exposed not only for his feet of clay but for his intimate involvement in the fatal incident. Two Living, One Dead is an undeservedly obscure work from a major British director. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Dorothy Alison - Esther Kester; Peter Bathurst - Engelhardt; John Moulder-Brown - Rolf Berger; Michael Crawford - Nils Lindwall; Derek Francis - Broms; Pauline Jameson - Miss Larsen; Torsten Lilliecrona - The Doctor; Virginia McKenna - Helen Berger; Alan Rothwell - Karlson; Georg Skarstedt - Torp; Peter Vaughan - John Kester; Noel Willman - Inspector Johnson; Alf Kjellin - Rogers; Patrick McGoohan - Erik Berger; Bill Travers - Anderson; Mona Geijer-Falkner - Mrs. Holm; Isa Quensel - Miss Larousse

Credit

Bibi Lindstrom - Art Director, Anthony Asquith - Director, Oscar Rosander - Editor, Eric Nordgren - Composer (Music Score), Jack Gill - Composer (Music Score), Gunnar Fischer - Cinematographer, Teddy Baird - Producer, Anthony Asquith - Screenwriter, Lindsay Galloway - Screenwriter, Sigurd Wesley Christiansen - Book Author

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