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Frenzy is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Vernon Sewell with Derrick De Marney
Frenzy (1946)
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Add to a movie listLatin Quarter is a 1945 British thriller, which was directed by Vernon Sewell and stars Derrick De Marney, Joan Greenwood and Beresford Egan. The film is an adaptation of the play L'Angoisse by Pierre Mills and C. Vylars. It was Sewell's second film version of the story, following The Medium in 1934. It was made by British National Films at their studios in Elstree.
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In the Paris of 1893, sculptor Charles Garrie (De Marney) enters into an illicit relationship with the married Christine Minetti (Greenwood). Christine's husband Anton (Egan) is also a sculptor, and mentally unstable. Anton finds out about Christine's affair and soon after she vanishes without trace. Although the police consider Anton the prime suspect in being involved in his wife's disappearance, they can find no incriminating evidence, nor any lead as to her whereabouts, alive or dead.Actors
Derrick De Marney
(Charles Garrie)
Joan Greenwood
(Christine)
Frederick Valk
(Dr. Ivan Krasner)
Sybille Binder
(Mme. Cordova)
Valentine Dyall
(Prefecture of Police)
Martin Miller
(Morgue Keeper)
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