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21 Days

1940 · 72 min

A somber, romantic moral drama that keeps you quietly tense as a couple's brief happiness is shadowed by an impossible choice.

Directed by
Basil Dean
Genres
Drama, Romance, Crime
Tagline
Excitingly together!
Overview
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up— or let an innocent man go to the gallows.

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Directed by
Basil Dean
Genres
Drama, Romance, Crime
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • love
  • justice
  • morality
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance, crime
Directed by
Basil Dean
Written by
Basil Dean, Graham Greene
Starring
Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Francis L. Sullivan, David Horne, William Dewhurst, Frederick Lloyd, Robert Newton
Cinematography
Jan Stallich
Runtime
72 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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