Cast a Dark Shadow

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Cast a Dark Shadow
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Produced by Herbert Mason
Written by Janet Green play Murder Mistaken
John Cresswell
Starring Dirk Bogarde
Margaret Lockwood
Kay Walsh
Music by Antony Hopkins
Cinematography Jack Asher
Distributed by Eros Films Ltd.
Release date(s) 1955
Running time 82 min
Language English
IMDb profile

Cast a Dark Shadow is a 1955 British suspense film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The black-and-white film was based on the play "Murder Mistaken" by Janet Green about a psychotic Bluebeard.

[edit] Plot

Edward "Teddy" Bare killed his first wife (making it look like an accident) hoping to claim her inheritance, only to discover she didn't have one. When another chance presents itself Bare begins planning killing his next wife. But murder second time round is a bit more difficult.

[edit] Featured cast

Actor Role
Dirk Bogarde Edward "Teddy" Bare
Margaret Lockwood Freda Jeffries
Kay Walsh Charlotte Young
Kathleen Harrison Emmie
Robert Flemyng Phillip Mortimer
Mona Washbourne Monica Bare