- HD 1080
- Runtime: 61m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Sidney Hayers
- Stars: Lyndon Brook, Jane Hylton, Jill Browne, John Paul, Rupert Davies
- Production_studio: Independent Artists
- The Violent Moment is featured in the top rankings of 1959
- #90 in Top Drama Movies of 1959
Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted. When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run.