A farmer murders his wife and runs from his farm to escape justice. He meets a writer of low brow fiction who realises he is a murderer but manages to convince him to go along with her in her caravan to where he is heading for, while writing secretly of the experience with him, seeing it as a way to make her name as a writer. Naturally on the way she falls in love with him. It is a melancholy tale but not dull. It could have done with better production values and being in colour as a lot of the film is on location in the beautiful British countryside. The continuous beauty of the landscape contrasts with the growing turmoil in the couple.
It seems like a home video as James Mason, Pamela Kellino and Roy Kellino cover writing, acting, producing and directing in one way or another. Coming out in 1939 with such a solemn and tragic tale probably didn't help its reception but it is an interesting story well told. James Mason may be an unlikely farmer but his brooding intensity works well. He may be a murderer but you do feel sorry for him.
A film worth discovering.
It seems like a home video as James Mason, Pamela Kellino and Roy Kellino cover writing, acting, producing and directing in one way or another. Coming out in 1939 with such a solemn and tragic tale probably didn't help its reception but it is an interesting story well told. James Mason may be an unlikely farmer but his brooding intensity works well. He may be a murderer but you do feel sorry for him.
A film worth discovering.