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Adrian Hodges (screenplay)
Philip Pullman (novel)
Release Date:
15 September 2007 (Hungary) more
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Bold lass tracks down a killer in Victorian London... more (6 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jared Harris | ... | Axel Bellmann |
 | Doña Croll | ... | Nellie Budd |
| David Harewood | ... | Nicholas Bedwell |
| Hayley Atwell | ... | Rosa Garland |
| JJ Feild | ... | Fred Garland |
 | Matt Smith | ... | Jim Taylor |
 | Billie Piper | ... | Sally Lockhart |
| John Standing | ... | Webster Garland |
| Antonia Pemberton | ... | Miss Walsh |
| Owen Roe | ... | Bram Stoker |
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | ... | Alistair MacKinnon |
| Richard Clews | ... | Mr. Windlesham |
| Phil Cornwell | ... | Harris |
| Peter Whittington | ... | Society Gentleman |
| Jack Brady | ... | Sackville |
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94 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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UK:12 (DVD)
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The red paisley waistcoat JJ Feild (Fred Garland) wears is the same costume Chris Gorell Barnes wears in "The Regency House Party" (2004), and Dan Stevens (Edward Ferrars) wears for Edward's arrival at Norland in "Sense & Sensibility" (2008). more
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In THE SHADOW IN THE NORTH, BILLIE PIPER is an implausible choice to play a Victorian lass who is so bold, sensual and modern looking that she makes all the authentic detail look hopelessly jarring because she's so 21st Century in appearance and manner. On the other hand, JARED HARRIS is completely convincing as an evil industrialist who has taken charge of a destructive machine designed to be the ultimate weapon.
Piper is menaced by this evil tycoon from the very start but matches him for boldness every step of the way. He comes to admire her gutsy behavior (especially for a Victorian woman), and therein lies his downfall. Instead of agreeing to marry him, she has revenge on her mind for the way he has engineered the death of her sweetheart.
It's an interesting story, a bit convoluted in the manner in which it unfolds, but heavy with Victorian atmosphere and settings.
An enjoyable mystery, nicely played by most of the cast, but I found the whole story somewhat disconcerting because BILLIE PIPER looked and acted entirely too modern.