They Made Me A Fugitive Blu-Ray

Original release 1947

Aspect ratio 1.37:1

Color/Black and white Black and white

Genre Crime, Thriller

"Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti (Went the Day Well?, Dead of Night), They Made Me a Fugitive is an excellent example of British film noir. Trevor Howard (Who?, The Missionary) plays Clem Morgan, an RAF officer during the war who is now unemployed after demobilization. He turns to the black market and becomes involved in a life of crime that leads to imprisonment, a daring escape, and a deadly manhunt.

They Made Me a Fugitive has a striking cinematography by Otto Heller, whose later credits include Michael Powell's Peeping Tom and the classic Cold War thriller The Ipcress File, and is accompanied by two rare short films, made during Howard's own time in the RAF during World War II, featuring his earliest known appearances on the silver screen.

Extras "INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

2K restoration by the British Film Institute

Original mono soundtrack

The John Player Lecture with Alberto Cavalcanti (1970, 62 min): Archival recording of the acclaimed director at London's National Film Theatre, including a Q&A session with fellow filmmakers Michael Balcon, Paul Rotha, and Basil Wright

After Effects (2019, 29 min): appreciation by writer and film historian Neil Sinyard

About the Restoration (2019, 14 min): BFI's Kieron Webb discusses the process of restoring the film

Squaring the Circle (1941, 33 min): dramatized training film for the Royal Air Force starring Trevor Howard in his first known film role

The Aircraft Rocket (1944, 9 min): excerpt from a multi-part technical film from the RAF, featuring Howard

Image gallery: advertising and marketing material

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing