Beyond This Place (1959 film)

Beyond This Place (released in the United States as Web of Evidence) is a 1959 British crime mystery film directed by Jack Cardiff and starting Van Johnson and Vera Miles.

[3] The opening credits roll over images of a father playing with his young son in a wood and sailing a toy yacht on a pond.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Beyond This Place attempts some fairly strong criticisms of the English legal system, and explores the effect of long-term imprisonmeat upon the individual.

But stripped of the particular social and moral climate of Cronin's novel, the film's early promise of a detailed investigation into the shortcomings of legal procedure is unrealised.

This failure to establish a specific target, or to take a stand on the many issues raised, is largely due to the rigidly conventional treatment  ... Jack Cardiff's direction is rather lifeless, with some ragged location shooting and typically drooping performances by Van Johnson and Vera Miles.

Anglophile Van Johnson is not an ideal lead, though he furrows his brow nicely, but there's a fine British supporting cast.