The Long Dark Hall

1951
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer in The Long Dark Hall (1951)

Crime Drama

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.

Directors
- Reginald Beck
- Anthony Bushell
Writers
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

513

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Reginald Beck
- Anthony Bushell
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Theatrical movie debut of William Squire (Sergeant Cochran).

Goofs
The penknife has the words NE Steel and Chief Insp. Sullivan says the penknife was made at a factory called North England Steel Works, but the painted sign of the factory has North England Iron Works.

Quotes
Leslie Scott: What do you think?
Pound: 6 to 4 an acquittal.
Leslie Scott: Why?
Pound: Circumstantial evidence old boy. Juries won't have it. They don't like it and they don't trust it.

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Featured review

7/10

Circumstantial evidence can convict

Rex Harrison stars as Arthur Groom, a man on trial for murdering a stage girl. This girl was young and became an obsession of Groom. The timeline becomes very critical as Groom claims that he spoke to a "large Italian man" at 10:00pm, the very time when the girl was murdered. All the circumstantial evidence such as the knife, seen there, lied about being in neighborhood and knowing the girl. No one can find his alibi. Trouble is as Groom tells everyone on the witness stand "I'm telling the truth but no one believes me, trouble is that it doesn't sound true, what good is the truth when it doesn't sound true." Lilli Palmer is Mary Groome, his faithful wife that stands with Arthur but will her marriage vow of "until death" be tested.

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