Rarities of British cinema
“Never were cloth caps worn more rakishly”: Alberto Cavalcanti’s neglected British ‘low-life’ drama For Them That Trespass
An atmospheric post-war thriller, For Them That Trespass marks Richard Todd’s screen debut while capturing director Alberto Cavalcanti at a moment where studio constraint, noir sensibility and personal disillusion briefly aligned.
By Josephine Botting
“Never were cloth caps worn more rakishly”: Alberto Cavalcanti’s neglected British ‘low-life’ drama For Them That Trespass