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Pink String and Sealing Wax

  • 19451945
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 29m
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6.7/10
570
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Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
DramaThriller
A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
570
YOUR RATING
    • Robert Hamer
    • Roland Pertwee(play)
    • Diana Morgan(screenplay)
    • Robert Hamer(script contribution)
  • Stars
    • Mervyn Johns
    • Mary Merrall
    • Gordon Jackson
    • Robert Hamer
    • Roland Pertwee(play)
    • Diana Morgan(screenplay)
    • Robert Hamer(script contribution)
  • Stars
    • Mervyn Johns
    • Mary Merrall
    • Gordon Jackson
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    • 15User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
    Googie Withers in Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
    Pauline Letts and Googie Withers in Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
    Gordon Jackson and Googie Withers in Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
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    Mervyn Johns
    Mervyn Johns
    • Mr. Edward Sutton
    Mary Merrall
    Mary Merrall
    • Mrs. Ellen Sutton
    Gordon Jackson
    Gordon Jackson
    • David Sutton
    Jean Ireland
    • Victoria Sutton
    Sally Ann Howes
    Sally Ann Howes
    • Peggy Sutton
    Colin Simpson
    • James Sutton
    David Wallbridge
    • Nicholas Sutton
    Googie Withers
    Googie Withers
    • Pearl Bond
    John Carol
    • Dan Powell
    Catherine Lacey
    Catherine Lacey
    • Miss Porter
    Garry Marsh
    Garry Marsh
    • Joe Bond
    Pauline Letts
    Pauline Letts
    • Louise
    Maudie Edwards
    • Mrs. Webster
    Frederick Piper
    • Dr. Pepper
    John Owers
    • Frank
    Helen Goss
    Helen Goss
    • Maudie
    Margaret Ritchie
    • Madame Adelina Patti
    Don Stannard
    • John Bevan
      • Robert Hamer
      • Roland Pertwee(play)
      • Diana Morgan(screenplay)
      • Robert Hamer(script contribution)
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    • Trivia
      The title derives from the tradition that Victorian/Edwardian pharmacists (such as Edward Sutton) would dispense all drugs in a package sealed up with pink string and sealing wax; doing this would prove that the product had not been adulterated on its' way to the customer.
    • Goofs
      Gordon Jackson as David Sutton, one of the elder children of five in the Sutton household, is the only one with a Scottish accent. It appears after the first few scenes.
    • Connections
      Version of Pink String and Sealing Wax (1949)
    • Soundtracks
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      Music by Ernest Irving

    User reviews15

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    7/10
    Googie Sizzles in her 1870s bustle and black choker
    London Live TV station are currently running a season of Ealing Films and the subject was one produced in 1945, a year from which several notable films were produced.I am a fan of beautiful raven haired film star actresses of the 1940s and in her Victorian tight fitting dress and bustle with black velvet choker. Googie certainly sizzled.Although not a conventional beauty like Jennifer Jones, Hedy Lamarr, Vivien Leigh, Ava Gardner etc, she certainly sizzled as the alluring wife of the drunk pub owner (Garry Marsh).Gordon Jackson had to suppress his natural Scottish accent for a film set in Brighton playing a rather naive role, a bit like he did in "Millions Like Us" (1943).I endorse the sentiments of user comments above and see no point in explaining the plot again.

    Mervyn Johns was to step up a few gears when he played Dr.Forrester the Butcher of Ravensbruck, a Nazi Scientist in "Counterblast"(1948).Here he just plays on overbearing, rather tyrannical Victorian father who reminds his wife that under the law at the time, her money and property devolves to him.This was to change by the Married Womens Property Act of 1884.For a connoisseur of 1940s films it was a pleasant surprise that London Live transmitted this film on TV and I awarded it 7/10.
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    • howardmorley
    • May 6, 2015

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1950 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Ealing Studios
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
      • Black and White

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