Dark Secret (film)
| Dark Secret | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
| Screenplay by | Moie Charles A.R. Rawlinson |
| Based on | play The Crime at Blossoms by Mordaunt Shairp |
| Produced by | Ernest G. Roy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | Ted Richards |
| Music by | George Melachrino |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Dark Secret is a 1949 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Dinah Sheridan, Emrys Jones and Irene Handl.[1] It was a remake of the 1933 film The Crime at Blossoms, also directed by Rogers.[2]
Plot
[edit]Ex-pilot Chris and his wife Valerie move into an attractive country cottage, only to become obsessed with the murdered woman who used to live there.
Cast
[edit]- Dinah Sheridan as Valerie Merryman
- Emrys Jones as Chris Merryman
- Irene Handl as 'Woody' Woodman
- Hugh Pryse as A Very Late Visitor
- Barbara Couper as Mrs. Barrington
- Percy Marmont as Vicar
- Geoffrey Sumner as Jack Farrell
- Mackenzie Ward as Artist
- Charles Hawtrey as Arthur Figson
- John Salew as Mr. Barrington
- George Merritt as Mr. Lumley
- Stanley Vilven as Mr. Woodman
- Grace Arnold as Housewife
- Esme Beringer as Elderly Lady
- Edgar Driver as George - Barman
- Molly Hamley-Clifford as Fat Woman
- Laurence Naismith as Mr. Grossmith
- Terry Randall as Daughter
- Johnnie Schofield as Motor Coachman
References
[edit]- ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.65
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
Bibliography
[edit]- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Dark Secret at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1949 films
- British crime films
- 1949 crime films
- Films directed by Maclean Rogers
- Films set in England
- Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
- Films produced by Ernest G. Roy
- British black-and-white films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s British films
- Films scored by George Melachrino
- English-language crime films
- 1940s British film stubs