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Ordeal by Innocence

Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.

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crime, drama, mystery

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AVCO Embassy Pictures

Awards

2 nominations

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(DOOR CREAKS AND OPENS) - Ordeal by Innocence

(DOOR CREAKS AND OPENS)

♪ And children listen - Ordeal by Innocence

♪ And children listen

♪ Sleigh bells in the snow I' - Ordeal by Innocence

♪ Sleigh bells in the snow I'

- Mr Calgary...
- It's "Doctor", actually. - Ordeal by Innocence

- Mr Calgary... - It's "Doctor", actually.

Not that I set
particular store by titles, - Ordeal by Innocence

Not that I set particular store by titles,

I came across this
only very recently - Ordeal by Innocence

I came across this only very recently

He flagged me down and I gave him
a lift to the local town. - Ordeal by Innocence

He flagged me down and I gave him a lift to the local town.

I dropped him off
outside the public house, - Ordeal by Innocence

I dropped him off outside the public house,

I'll go ahead and set
everything up for you. - Ordeal by Innocence

I'll go ahead and set everything up for you.

I'm afraid the cliché - Ordeal by Innocence

I'm afraid the cliché

It's been 18 months
since my wife was killed. - Ordeal by Innocence

It's been 18 months since my wife was killed.

I only got back in the last few days,
and if this hadn't been - Ordeal by Innocence

I only got back in the last few days, and if this hadn'...

You were going to a dinner party,
so you were wearing a dinner jacket? - Ordeal by Innocence

You were going to a dinner party, so you were wearing a dinn...

A dinner suit. Black tie,
black jacket, black trousers? - Ordeal by Innocence

A dinner suit. Black tie, black jacket, black trousers?

I wish I could have got here sooner, - Ordeal by Innocence

I wish I could have got here sooner,

We've had a lot of people coming here
claiming to be Jack's alibi, - Ordeal by Innocence

We've had a lot of people coming here claiming to be Ja...

All those claims proved fraudulent. - Ordeal by Innocence

All those claims proved fraudulent.

You can imagine the hurt and distress
that caused us. - Ordeal by Innocence

You can imagine the hurt and distress that caused us.

(SIGHS) Jack died in prison - Ordeal by Innocence

(SIGHS) Jack died in prison

That side of things
isn't important to me. - Ordeal by Innocence

That side of things isn't important to me.

-(LEO GROANS)
-(JACK CHUCKLES) - Ordeal by Innocence

-(LEO GROANS) -(JACK CHUCKLES)

My husband has a predilection
for screwing the staff. - Ordeal by Innocence

My husband has a predilection for screwing the staff.

(SCREAMS) - Ordeal by Innocence

And I hope you'll leave us
to our own hard-won peace. - Ordeal by Innocence

And I hope you'll leave us to our own hard-won peace.

You know,
I never really enjoy Christmas, - Ordeal by Innocence

You know, I never really enjoy Christmas,

- Just... Please, Philip.
- All right. - Ordeal by Innocence

- Just... Please, Philip. - All right.

I don't suppose you know of any hotels
or boarding houses nearby. - Ordeal by Innocence

I don't suppose you know of any hotels or boarding hous...

But you, with your easy life
and your bloody book - Ordeal by Innocence

But you, with your easy life and your bloody book

(DOOR CLOSES) - Ordeal by Innocence

Well, there've got to be some perks - Ordeal by Innocence

Well, there've got to be some perks

He told me he's a physicist - Ordeal by Innocence

He told me he's a physicist

Why did you get me - Ordeal by Innocence

Why did you get me

Strange. Turning up like that,
out of the blue, all this time later. - Ordeal by Innocence

Strange. Turning up like that, out of the blue, all this tim...

On the 24th of December 1954, - Ordeal by Innocence

On the 24th of December 1954,

PHILIP: Well, I'm sure
we'll all give it a try, - Ordeal by Innocence

PHILIP: Well, I'm sure we'll all give it a try,

I stole a coat and I stole a car
and I absconded. - Ordeal by Innocence

I stole a coat and I stole a car and I absconded.

RACHEL". Butter. - Ordeal by Innocence

RACHEL". Butter.

And I was caught.
Of course, I was caught. - Ordeal by Innocence

And I was caught. Of course, I was caught.

I wasn't myself.
I was... Quite distressed. - Ordeal by Innocence

I wasn't myself. I was... Quite distressed.

Bu' er. - Ordeal by Innocence

(GROANS) - Ordeal by Innocence

The woman who gave birth to you
is in the kitchen. - Ordeal by Innocence

The woman who gave birth to you is in the kitchen.

You've no idea what it takes
to keep going. - Ordeal by Innocence

You've no idea what it takes to keep going.

I mean, I did
but that was when he was dead. - Ordeal by Innocence

I mean, I did but that was when he was dead.

Dr Calgary, Arthur, - Ordeal by Innocence

Dr Calgary, Arthur,

He had a signet ring
on his little finger. - Ordeal by Innocence

He had a signet ring on his little finger.

(sums) - Ordeal by Innocence

I told the police I was coming in
to make a statement - Ordeal by Innocence

I told the police I was coming in to make a statement

You're talking about people - Ordeal by Innocence

You're talking about people

Park on the road.
Christina, meet me in the garden room, - Ordeal by Innocence

Park on the road. Christina, meet me in the garden room,

I'm done with her.
Her mad rules and mad bloody bunker. - Ordeal by Innocence

I'm done with her. Her mad rules and mad bloody bunker.

(PLAYING STOPS) - Ordeal by Innocence

(PLAYING STOPS)

(SCOFFS) - Ordeal by Innocence

Say "Please!" - Ordeal by Innocence

If you're going to pretend
to be a doctor, - Ordeal by Innocence

If you're going to pretend to be a doctor,

I prayed day and night - Ordeal by Innocence

I prayed day and night

You know, lthought
Mickey might help for once, - Ordeal by Innocence

You know, lthought Mickey might help for once,

This is unbearable!
How can you go along with it, - Ordeal by Innocence

This is unbearable! How can you go along with it,

And do you think I need sorting out... - Ordeal by Innocence

And do you think I need sorting out...

Step over me, Mrs Gould. - Ordeal by Innocence

Step over me, Mrs Gould.

You have to take that to Hester.
(SNIFFLES AND CLEARS THROAT) - Ordeal by Innocence

You have to take that to Hester. (SNIFFLES AND CLEARS THROAT...

It was only supposed to be the once - Ordeal by Innocence

It was only supposed to be the once

Oh, you're such a
gutless fraud, Mother. - Ordeal by Innocence

Oh, you're such a gutless fraud, Mother.

But you built a nuclear bunker
in the cellar - Ordeal by Innocence

But you built a nuclear bunker in the cellar

Jack...
Tells me that you and Michael are... - Ordeal by Innocence

Jack... Tells me that you and Michael are...

MAN ON RADIO: ...against fire
and radioactive fallout. - Ordeal by Innocence

MAN ON RADIO: ...against fire and radioactive fallout.

One word against me
and I am warning you, - Ordeal by Innocence

One word against me and I am warning you,

Every bone in his body... Broken. - Ordeal by Innocence

Every bone in his body... Broken.

(GROANING) - Ordeal by Innocence

(SOBBING) - Ordeal by Innocence

I'm not going to say anything - Ordeal by Innocence

I'm not going to say anything

(SNIFFLES) You repulse me.
So ugly and so stupid! - Ordeal by Innocence

(SNIFFLES) You repulse me. So ugly and so stupid!

(GASPS) - Ordeal by Innocence

You are filth, filth, filth, filth! - Ordeal by Innocence

You are filth, filth, filth, filth!

If Jack's innocent,
then one of them isn't. - Ordeal by Innocence

If Jack's innocent, then one of them isn't.

- No, no. We're not. We're not. Listen.
- We're stupid and ugly and dirty. - Ordeal by Innocence

- No, no. We're not. We're not. Listen. - We'...

Erm, I got brambles
caught in my trousers. - Ordeal by Innocence

Erm, I got brambles caught in my trousers.

My history of... Being unwell - Ordeal by Innocence

My history of... Being unwell

- Gwenda.
- Well, really, - Ordeal by Innocence

- Gwenda. - Well, really,

The question is, - Ordeal by Innocence

The question is,

Driving on the road
that goes past your house - Ordeal by Innocence

Driving on the road that goes past your house

If the owner of that car
could be found, - Ordeal by Innocence

If the owner of that car could be found,

And we drove on
and I dropped him off outside a pub. - Ordeal by Innocence

And we drove on and I dropped him off outside a pub.

Just... One good true thing. - Ordeal by Innocence

Just... One good true thing.

And then we can begin
clearing Jack's name. - Ordeal by Innocence

And then we can begin clearing Jack's name.

MAN: (OVER RADIO)
Her Majesty's Home Office - Ordeal by Innocence

MAN: (OVER RADIO) Her Majesty's Home Office

I put the coins on his eyes,
to close them, - Ordeal by Innocence

I put the coins on his eyes, to close them,

All those people - Ordeal by Innocence

All those people

(MIMICS EXPLOSION) - Ordeal by Innocence

(MIMICS EXPLOSION)

...an evening spent in the company
of your father's friends - Ordeal by Innocence

...an evening spent in the company of your father's fri...

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Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: AVCO Embassy Pictures

Genre: crime, drama, mystery

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

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Released: 10 Aug 2018

Awards: 2 nominations

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