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6.7/10 • 33

1950-02-161h 54m

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Here are the virile, violent facts that caused the most famous jury verdict in history...

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

Directors
David Lean
Writters
Stanley Haynes, Nicholas Phipps
Editors
Stanley Haynes, Nicholas Phipps, Geoffrey Foot

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  1. Ann Todd

    Ann Todd

    Madeleine Hamilton Smith

  2. Norman Wooland

    Norman Wooland

    William Minnoch

  3. Ivan Desny

    Ivan Desny

    Emile L'Angelier

  4. Leslie Banks

    Leslie Banks

    James Smith

  5. Elizabeth Sellars

    Elizabeth Sellars

    Christina Haggott

  6. André Morell

    André Morell

    Defense Attorney

  7. Barbara Everest

    Barbara Everest

    Mrs. Smith

  8. Susan Stranks

    Susan Stranks

    Janet Smith

  9. Patricia Raine

    Patricia Raine

    Bessie Smith

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CinemaSerf

Dec 28, 2022

6/10

Ann Todd becomes better as she plays herself into the character of a rather devious and unscrupulous girl in this adaptation of a famous Glasgow murder (or, perhaps that should be murrrrdurrrr) tale from 1857. "Madeleine" is the daughter in a well-to-do family whose father (a seriously authoritarian Leslie Banks) can't quite figure out why she won't marry a suitable young man - unawares that she has been having a fling with an equally unscrupulous Frenchman who has his sights set on her family's wealth. His attempts at blackmail terminally backfire and before long she is on trial for his killing. The subsequent courtroom drama features strong performances from Barry Jones and André Morell as the barristers and this helps lift this rather slow-moving drama along to quite a gripping denouement (an unique peculiarity of the Scottish legal system). Maybe not David Lean's best or most notable work, but you can see his hallmark style all over this. (PS: keep an ear out for a wonderfully presbyterian performance from John Laurie - you will recognise his voice long before he comes into shot).

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
glasgow, scotlandpoisonbased on true storytrialmurderverdict19th century