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Gaslight is a British film of genre Drama directed by Thorold Dickinson released in USA on 10 november 1952 with Anton Walbrook

Gaslight (1940)

Gaslight
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Released in USA 10 november 1952
Length 1h29
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating72% 3.64643.64643.64643.64643.6464

Gaslight is a 1940 British film directed by Thorold Dickinson which stars Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard, and features Frank Pettingell. The film adheres more closely to the original play upon which it is based – Patrick Hamilton's Gas Light (1938) – than the better-known 1944 MGM adaptation. The play had been shown on Broadway as Angel Street, so when the film was released in the United States it was given the same name. According to the TCM database, it has also been released in the UK as A Strange Case of Murder.

Synopsis

Alice Barlow (Marie Wright) is murdered by an unknown man, who then ransacks her house, looking for her valuable and famous rubies. The house remains empty for years, until newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move in. Bella (Diana Wynyard) soon finds herself misplacing small objects; and, before long, Paul (Anton Walbrook) has her believing she is losing her sanity. B. G. Rough (Frank Pettingell), a former detective involved in the original murder investigation, immediately suspects him of Alice Barlow's murder.

Actors

Anton Walbrook

(Paul Mallen (as Anton Wahlbrook))Diana Wynyard

(Bella Mallen)Frank Pettingell

(B.G. Rough)Cathleen Cordell

(Nancy the parlour maid)Robert Newton

(Ullswater)
And :
Minnie Rayner
Jimmy Hanley
Katie Johnson
Aubrey Dexter
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