Search - Time Without Pity on DVD

Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1957 DVD Release: 03/30/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Studio: Homevision Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Thriller, Crime Thriller, Family Drama

Time Without Pity carried the name "Joseph Losey" on the credits -- the first time in three years that the blacklisted director was permitted to use his own name on a film. This British-made suspense film was based on a play by Emlyn Williams. Michael Redgrave stars an anguished father whose son (Alec McCowan) is accused of murder. With time running out, Redgrave struggles to prove his son innocent of the charge. The paranoia prevalent in Time Without Pity can be attributed to Losey's own experience at the hands of the HUAC, though this element never gets out of artistic control. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Michael Redgrave - David Graham
Ann Todd - Honor Stanford
Leo McKern - Robert Stanford
Peter Cushing - Jeremy Clayton
Alec McCowen - Alan Graham

Joseph Losey directed this intelligent thriller about a man desperate to save his son from a date with the hangman, which has been given a solid presentation for its release on DVD. Time Without Pity has been transferred to disc in the full-screen aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. The dialogue is in English with no multiple-language options. Bonus materials include an essay from author and critic Wheeler Winston Dixon, filmographies for director Losey and stars Michael Redgrave and Leo McKern, and Pete Roleum and His Cousins, a short subject Losey directed for screening at the 1939 World's Fair. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide