They Made Me a Fugitive

They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) is a British crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Trevor Howard. Set in postwar London, the film follows Clem Morgan — a former RAF pilot who, bored and restless in peacetime, drifts into a black-market gang run by a ruthless operator known as Narcy.

Narcy frames Clem for a policeman's murder and sends him to prison. Clem breaks out. What follows is less a standard escape story than a methodical reckoning, with Sally Gray as a woman who has her own reasons for helping him get where he needs to go.

Cavalcanti brought a European directness to British noir — harder and less polished than its Hollywood counterparts, which suits the material exactly. This is one of Trevor Howard's early roles and one of the best things he did in the decade. Stream They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) online on iFILM.