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Judgment Deferred
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<h2 id="plot">Plot</h2> <p>With the assistance of a journalist a group of refugees and down and outs try and unmask the criminal who has framed one of their number as a drug dealer. </p> <h2 id="cast">Cast</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hugh_Sinclair_(actor)/FCRYwAdC">Hugh Sinclair</a> as David Kennedy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Shingler/o4pf8zzb">Helen Shingler</a> as Kay Kennedy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abraham_Sofaer/ftl1Ako8">Abraham Sofaer</a> as Chancellor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Leslie_Dwyer/8gfpkssU">Leslie Dwyer</a> as Flowers</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Collins/6hpS41vV">Joan Collins</a> as Lil Carter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harry_Locke/4vjhKEj3">Harry Locke</a> as Bert</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elwyn_Brook-Jones/hfwCwXYI">Elwyn Brook-Jones</a> as Coxon</li> <li>Marcel Poncin as Stranger</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martin_Benson_(actor)/xFzgdPEX">Martin Benson</a> as Pierre Desportes</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bud_Flannagan/UhhqHA6x">Bud Flannagan</a> as himself</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bransby_Williams/TWyYpQrP">Bransby Williams</a> as dad</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Martin_Harvey/UlYJxBdX">Michael Martin Harvey</a> as Martin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harry_Welchman/wqEfsakH">Harry Welchman</a> as Doc</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilfred_Walter/7GK126oK">Wilfred Walter</a> as Judge</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maire_O%2527Neill/MseFFtbp">Maire O'Neill</a> as Mrs. O'Halloran</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Merrall/s8pe6WEv">Mary Merrall</a> as Lady Musterby</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edgar_Driver/TvIkzsFW">Edgar Driver</a> as Blackie</li> <li><a href="/facts/Billy_Russell_(comedian)/7oHX91Nr">Billy Russell</a> as Ginger</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sam_Kydd/HYcscIAd">Sam Kydd</a> as ambulance driver</li></ul> <h2 id="production">Production</h2> <p>The film was shot at <a href="/facts/Southall_Studios/a2LUAMIu">Southall Studios</a> with sets designed by the <a href="/facts/Art_director/tq7RX2Mb">art director</a> <a href="/facts/Don_Russell_(art_director)/xEUqfW1a">Don Russell</a>. It was the first production from <a href="/facts/Group_3_Films/fT29FXLw">Group 3 Films</a>, a company formed to encourage new young British film-makers (which later produced <i><a href="/facts/The_Brave_Don%2527t_Cry/Pv6zhrVj">The Brave Don't Cry</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Conflict_of_Wings/6WhxSv7X">Conflict of Wings</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Angel_Who_Pawned_Her_Harp/qlfWCgM3">The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp</a></i> and several other low-budget features).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="critical-reception">Critical reception</h2> <p><i><a href="/facts/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin/F0gkpGVn">The Monthly Film Bulletin</a></i> wrote: "<i>Judgment Deferred</i> revives many elements of an earlier John Baxter film, <i><a href="/facts/The_Common_Touch/ECSRMcdr">The Common Touch</a></i>; as a piece of story-telling it is confused and unexciting, frequently sidetracked into episodes of naive sentimentality and crude comedy. The script, in fact, is a concoction of contrived melodrama and irrelevant detail, and the characterisation is lifeless. All this, combined with the artificial sets and lighting, reminds one of the lower grade British picture of the 30's; the increased smoothness is hardly a satisfactory disguise."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p><i><a href="/facts/The_Radio_Times/UpuUMMN6">The Radio Times</a></i> described the film as "a muddled, maudlin melodrama that feels like substandard <a href="/facts/Frank_Capra/AvK6jGmg">Frank Capra</a> done by <a href="/facts/Amateur_theatre/FfT48BrF">amateur theatricals</a>."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p><i><a href="/facts/TV_Guide/T29FpwBp">TV Guide</a></i> found the film "captivating mainly because of the novelty of the story and the many strange characters that are introduced."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Sky_Movies/cy9thub6">Sky Movies</a> wrote "this one occasionally creaks under the strain of its longish running time but offers some striking tableaux, especially within the weird 'court' held by a crowd of criminals, eccentrics and jobless that in some ways recalls the 'jury' that proved the nemesis of <a href="/facts/Peter_Lorre/sx2t8pMw">Peter Lorre</a> in <a href="/facts/Fritz_Lang/Wdzbc5uw">Fritz Lang</a>'s classic thriller '<a href="/facts/M_(1931_film)/JjNRDtEx">M</a>'."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044773/"><i>Judgment Deferred</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6. <a href="978-1-8445-7319-6" target="_blank">978-1-8445-7319-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"BFI | Film & TV Database | JUDGEMENT DEFERRED (1951)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090113205624/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38510" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090113205624/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38510</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Judgment Deferred - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 23 May 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2014. <a href="http://skymovies.sky.com/judgment-deferred/review" target="_blank">http://skymovies.sky.com/judgment-deferred/review</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Judgement Deferred | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014. <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/film/kz5y8/judgement-deferred" target="_blank">http://www.radiotimes.com/film/kz5y8/judgement-deferred</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Grierson, John (27 September 1951). "Three's Company Adds Up". Kine Weekly. <a href="https://archive.org/details/KineWeeklyStudioReview/page/n446/mode/1up?q=%22brandy+for+the+parson%22+%22kenneth+more%22" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/KineWeeklyStudioReview/page/n446/mode/1up?q=%22brandy+for+the+parson%22+%22kenneth+more%22</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Judgment Deferred". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 46. 1 January 1952. ProQuest 1305818057. <a href="/wiki/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin" target="_blank">/wiki/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Judgement Deferred | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014. <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/film/kz5y8/judgement-deferred" target="_blank">http://www.radiotimes.com/film/kz5y8/judgement-deferred</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Judgment Deferred Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for Judgment Deferred | TVGuide.com". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023. <a href="https://www.tvguide.com/movies/judgment-deferred/2030107206" target="_blank">https://www.tvguide.com/movies/judgment-deferred/2030107206</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Judgment Deferred - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 23 May 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2014. <a href="http://skymovies.sky.com/judgment-deferred/review" target="_blank">http://skymovies.sky.com/judgment-deferred/review</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>