Eight O'Clock Walk

Eight O'Clock Walk is a 1954 British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr and Maurice Denham. Its plot involves a taxi-driver who is tried for the murder of a young girl on a bomb site. Based on a true story, Eight o’Clock Walk is an anti-capital punishment film (the title refers to the hour at which executions were traditionally carried out) which points out the danger of circumstantial evidence resulting in the death of a mistakenly accused prisoner, it is only by good fortune that the film’s innocent protagonist gets away in this case – and the unstated message is clearly that not everyone might be so lucky.

Eight O'Clock Walk

Eight O'Clock Walk is a 1954 British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr and Maurice Denham. Its plot involves a taxi-driver who is tried for the murder of a young girl on a bomb site. Based on a true story, Eight o’Clock Walk is an anti-capital punishment film (the title refers to the hour at which executions were traditionally carried out) which points out the danger of circumstantial evidence resulting in the death of a mistakenly accused prisoner, it is only by good fortune that the film’s innocent protagonist gets away in this case – and the unstated message is clearly that not everyone might be so lucky.