Daybreak (1948) 720p Ann Todd, Eric Portman, Maxwell Reed, Edward Rigby

A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when the hangman s assistant tries to seduce his boss s wife after a fight, the hangman is presumed drowned. The woman commits suicide, but the hangman has in fact survived, and manages to save his assistant from the gallows.