Violent Moment

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Sidney Hayers

Status Released

Release Date 1959-03-01

Storyline

Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted. When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run.