Silent Dust (1949)
1h 22min | Thriller, Drama | 29 December 1949 (USA)
A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.
Director: Lance Comfort
Writers: Michael Pertwee (play), Michael Pertwee (screenplay)
Stars: Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell, George Woodbridge
1h 22min | Thriller, Drama | 29 December 1949 (USA)
A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.
Director: Lance Comfort
Writers: Michael Pertwee (play), Michael Pertwee (screenplay)
Stars: Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell, George Woodbridge
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Short filmTranscript
00:00♪♪
00:16Who's there?
00:17♪♪
00:28Robert, I've just been...
00:31Oh!
00:33What's the matter?
00:36I said, what's the matter?
00:38Nothing.
00:39What did you cry out for?
00:42I twisted my ankle.
00:44You all right now?
00:46Yes, all right.
00:52Sure you won't come with us?
00:54Yes, quite sure.
00:56I didn't give you much of a welcome this afternoon, did I?
01:00I'm glad to have you here.
01:04Funny,
01:06when I came into the room just now,
01:07I had a feeling there was someone here.
01:10What's that?
01:12No.
01:13Ghosts, perhaps.
01:23Oh, Simon.
01:24Simon.
01:26Simon.
01:27Yes, and I'm not a ghost.
01:30How long will he be gone?
01:33I don't understand.
01:35They said you were...
01:38Your grave.
01:39He saw your grave.
01:40Oh, I didn't fall in battle.
01:43I only fell by the wayside.
01:46But if you weren't killed, you would have told us.
01:49Why did they say you were dead?
01:52What does it mean?
01:53Well, everyone doesn't have to be killed in a war.
01:55I was too young to die.
01:57So I didn't.
02:01He ran away?
02:02Uh-huh.
02:05That's funny.
02:07He died, but his memory shall live.
02:11Stop it. Stop it, will you?
02:12Stop it!
02:14Let's get out of here.
02:15Where can we go?
02:18Your room.
02:19How do we get there?
02:21Come this way.
02:23This way.