IMDb
6.5 /10
254 votes


Thriller · Drama · 1949 · 1h 27min
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
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IMDb
6.5 /10
254 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
7.1 /10
9 votes
Letterboxd
6.8 /10
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Weighted average
6.8/10