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The Case of Charles Peace (1949)

6 | Mar 02, 1949 (US) | Drama, Crime | 01:28

Charles Peace leads a double life, by day he's a respected local businessman, but by night he's a professional thief who stops at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants.

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Valentine Dyall
Storyteller
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Michael Martin Harvey
Charles Peace
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Chili Bouchier
Katherine Dyson
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Bruce Belfrage
Counsel for Prosecution
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Ronald Adam
Counsel for Defence
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Roberta Huby
Sue Thompson
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Peter Forbes-Robertson
William Habron
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Richard Shayne
Arthur Dyson
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Jean Shepeard
Hannah Peace

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CinemaSerf
6 | Jul 09, 2022
I am always fascinated with real-life detective stories when the police couldn't rely on technology to help solve crime. The fact that Peace was actually sent to jail under an assumed name for another crime and nobody made a connection just shows how much luck was a part of this process as was skill. The acting is a bit wooden, the disguises do test your patience and the script is a little ponderous at times but overall the story has held up quite well 70 years after it was made in 1949.