Mar 02, 1949
88 min
Full-HD

The Case of Charles Peace (1949)

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.

Category

Drama Crime

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

John Argyle Productions

Valentine Dyall

Storyteller

Michael Martin Harvey

Charles Peace

Chili Bouchier

Katherine Dyson

Bruce Belfrage

Counsel for Prosecution

Ronald Adam

Counsel for Defence

Roberta Huby

Sue Thompson

Peter Forbes-Robertson

William Habron

Kathleen Rooney

Mary

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