Charade (1953 film)

Charade
Charade
Directed by	Roy Kellino
Written by	James Mason; Pamela Mason; Scott Forbes & Bruce Lester
Based on	Duel at Dawn; by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by	James Mason
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Ernest Miller; Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by	Maurice Wright
Production; company	Portland Pictures
Distributed by	Monarch Film Corporation (UK)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Charade is a 1953 black and white American anthology film directed by Roy Kellino.^[1] It consists of a trio of short stories introduced by and starring James Mason and his wife Pamela.^[2]^[3]

Plot

In "Portrait of a Murderer," a cynical young artist (Pamela Mason) absentmindedly sketches her neighbour (James Mason) who, unbeknownst to her, is a murderer. In "Duel at Dawn," in 1880s Austria, two officers (Mason and Scott Forbes) fight a duel for the love of a Baroness (Pamela Mason). In "The Midas Touch," Jonah Watson (James Mason), a successful businessman in New York, is dissatisfied with his life, and moves to England to start again. Working as a servant, he falls in love with Lilly (Pamela Mason), a Cockney maid who dreams of bettering herself.

Cast

James Mason as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
Pamela Mason as The Artist / Pamela / Baroness Tanslan / Lilly
Scott Forbes as Capt. Stamm
Paul Cavanagh as Col. Heisler
Bruce Lester as Capt. van Buren
John Dodsworth as Lt. Meyerdorf
Judy Osborne as Dotty
Sean McClory as Jack Stuydevant
Vince Barnett as Berg

References

^ "Charade (1953)". Archived from the original on February 27, 2017.
^ "Charade (1953) - Roy Kellino - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
^ Group, Gale; Craddock, Jim (August 2000). Video Hounds Golden Movie Retrievee: The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette, DVD and Laserdisc. Visible Ink Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-57859-120-6. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

External links

Charade at IMDb
Charade at AllMovie
Charade at the TCM Movie Database
Charade is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] "Charade (1953)". Archived from the original on February 27, 2017.

[2] "Charade (1953) - Roy Kellino - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".

[3] Group, Gale; Craddock, Jim (August 2000). Video Hounds Golden Movie Retrievee: The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette, DVD and Laserdisc. Visible Ink Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-57859-120-6. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

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