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Hangover Square (1945)

APPROVED 77 min  -  Crime | Drama | Horror  -   29 October 1945 (Sweden)
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A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.

Director:

John Brahm

Writers:

Barré Lyndon (screenplay), Patrick Hamilton (novel), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Laird Cregar Laird Cregar ...
Linda Darnell ...
George Sanders ...
Glenn Langan Glenn Langan ...
Faye Marlowe Faye Marlowe ...
Alan Napier Alan Napier ...
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Storyline

George Harvey Bone is a composer in early 20th century London, who is under stress because he is writing a piano concerto. Due to this stress, he gets black outs when ever he hears dissonances. When he finds himself after the black out in a different quarter of the town, he returns home, to read in the paper that somebody in that quarter was murdered. Asking help from a doctor at Scotland Yard he is assured that he has nothing to do with it, but he is advised to cut back in his work and get some relaxation like other, ordinary people. At a cheap musical he meets Netta, a singer, who inspires him for a new motive for his concerto. But Netta discovers that this motive could also be used as a song for her. The song gets sold, and she hangs around George to get more songs out of him. George believes that Netta is in love with him, and gets in an argument with his girlfriend Barbara, the daughter of Lord Henry... Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>  

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Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Piano | Scotland Yard | Piano Concerto | Singer  | See more »

Taglines:

TERROR...IN THE DEPTHS OF STRANGE EMOTION! (original print ad - all caps) See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Sweden) See more »

Also Known As:

Concerto Fantástico See more »

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Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

This film is cited by Stephen Sondheim as inspiration for writing "Sweeney Todd." See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Street Vendor: Look! It's old Ogilby's place!
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Crazy Credits

Opening credits: This is the story of George Harvey Bone who resided at number 12 Hangover Square, London SW in the early part of the twentieth century. The British Catalogue of Music lists him as a distinguished composer... See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Saddest Music in the World (2003) See more »

Soundtracks

"Concerto Macabre"
(uncredited)
Written by Bernard Herrmann
Played in concert See more »