Daybreak (1948) DVD-R

Starring Ann Todd, Eric Portman, Maxwell Reed, Edward Rigby, Bill Owen
Directed by Compton Bennett

Print: black/white
Runtime: 75 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up
home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when
the hangman's assistant tries to seduce his boss's wife - after a fight, the
hangman is presumed drowned. The woman commits suicide, but the
hangman has in fact survived, and manages to save his assistant from
the gallows.