By the numbers murder mystery drama starring Richard Attenborough as a London cab driver who is on trial on a murder charge accused of murdering a young girl.
The time the film was made in 1953 which meant the potential consequences of a guilty verdict was execution by hanging which adds even more suspense to a courtroom sequence and provides the title for the film as all UK executions were carried out at eight o' clock apparently.
The court scenes are quite flimsy by modern standards, hardly A Few Good Men (1988) standard!
Attenborough is good in his part as the innocent man facing a guilty verdict under a tonne of prosecution circumstantial evidence.
I can't help feel that I have seen this kind of story loads of times. It brings nothing new except the relationship between the prosecuting barrister and his son as the junior defence barrister who is trusted to defend Attenborough due to the senior defence lead being called away.
The wife of the accused (Cathy O'Donnell) plays the usual concerned damsel in distress.
An average British production from the 1950s that I only watched for Attenborough's appearance really.
The time the film was made in 1953 which meant the potential consequences of a guilty verdict was execution by hanging which adds even more suspense to a courtroom sequence and provides the title for the film as all UK executions were carried out at eight o' clock apparently.
The court scenes are quite flimsy by modern standards, hardly A Few Good Men (1988) standard!
Attenborough is good in his part as the innocent man facing a guilty verdict under a tonne of prosecution circumstantial evidence.
I can't help feel that I have seen this kind of story loads of times. It brings nothing new except the relationship between the prosecuting barrister and his son as the junior defence barrister who is trusted to defend Attenborough due to the senior defence lead being called away.
The wife of the accused (Cathy O'Donnell) plays the usual concerned damsel in distress.
An average British production from the 1950s that I only watched for Attenborough's appearance really.