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Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

NR 11/27/1957 (US) Thriller 1h 23m

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No woman could resist his sinister charm!

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Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.

Lewis Gilbert

Director
John Cresswell

Screenplay
Janet Green

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Dirk Bogarde

Edward "Teddy" Bare
Margaret Lockwood

Freda Jeffries
Kay Walsh

Charlotte Young
Kathleen Harrison

Emmie
Robert Flemyng

Phillip Mortimer
Mona Washbourne

Monica Bare
Philip Stainton

Charlie Mann
Walter Hudd

Coroner
Lita Roza

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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on November 2, 2013

Anyone would think it was Bluebeard's chamber!

Cast a Dark Shadow is directed by Kewis Gilbert and adapted to screenplay by John Cresswell from the play Murder Mistaken written by Janet Green. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison and Robert Flemyng. Music is by Antony Hopkins and cinematography by Jack Asher.

Edward Bare (Bogarde) marries an older woman for money, murders her and finds that inheritance is not forthcoming. Setting his sights on another lady target, he gets more than he bargained for when he homes in on Freda Jeffries (Lockwood)...

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