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Overview

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Director:

Thorold Dickinson

Writers:

Patrick Hamilton (play)
A.R. Rawlinson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

10 November 1952 (USA) more

Genre:

Thriller more

Tagline:

A melodrama of a strange love!

Plot:

Twenty years ago, old Mrs. Barlow was killed in her home at 12, Pimlico Square for her priceless rubies... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Anton Walbrook ... Paul Mallen
Diana Wynyard ... Bella Mallen
Frank Pettingell ... B.G. Rough
Cathleen Cordell ... Nancy the Parlour Maid
Robert Newton ... Vincent Ullswater
Minnie Rayner ... Elizabeth, the Cook
Jimmy Hanley ... Cobb
Marie Wright ... Alice Barlow
Aubrey Dexter ... House Agent
Mary Hinton ... Lady Winterbourne
Angus Morrison ... Pianist
Jack Barty ... Chairman of Music Hall
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

A Strange Case of Murder
Angel Street (USA)
The Murder in Thornton Square (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:

84 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

UK:PG


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

It opened in New York with the title changed to "Angel Street" on 5 December 1941, starring Vincent Price (his first role as a villain) and Judith Evelyn. Leo G. Carroll costarred as Rough. It became the longest-running melodrama in Broadway history, playing for 1,293 performances. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When the police enter the room with the dead body, they move an object before touching the body. The object had not been there previously. more

Quotes:

Nancy the Parlour Maid: You're a rum 'un. I thought we was never going to do nothing. more

Movie Connections:

Version of Gaslight (1944) more

Soundtrack:

The Boy I Love more


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22 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Better thrills than Bergman, 1 May 2002
Author: jerseyman1949 from UK

The later version is Hollywood English, which I sometimes think is a downtown section of Hollywood Transylvanian. Believe me, the original is the real thing, from the small details up to the social assumptions: it's recognisably English. As such, the thriller is grounded in a reality that the later version can never have. And so it's scary! Of course, I admit that this justification of the original might be a lot less convincing if you're reading my words on the other side of the world...

As for the difficulty of getting hold of a copy, well every few years it's shown on one TV station or another over here, so there has to be a good copy somewhere out there.

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