The Mark of Cain (1947 film)

The Mark of Cain is a 1947 British drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Eric Portman, Sally Gray and Patrick Holt.^[1] The film is based on the novel Airing in a Closed Carriage by Joseph Shearing. It was made at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.

Cast

• Eric Portman as Richard Howard
• Sally Gray as Sarah Bonheur
• Patrick Holt as John Howard
• Dermot Walsh as Jerome Thorn
• Denis O'Dea as Sir William Godgrey
• Edward Lexy as Lord Rochford
• Therese Giehse as Sister Seraphine
• Maureen Delaney as Daisy Cobb
• Helen Cherry as Mary
• Vida Hope as Jennie
• Dora Sevening as Mme. Bonheur
• Janet Kay as Sylvia
• James Hayter as Dr. White
• Helen Goss as Lizzie Burt
• Beryl Measor as Nurse Brand
• Andrew Cruickshank as Sir Jonathon Dockwra
• Marjorie Gresley as Lady Rochford
• May MacDonald as Mrs. White
• Susan English as Sally Howard
• John Warren as Mr. Wilkins
• Rose Howlett as Mrs. Wilkins
• Miles Malleson as Mr. Burden
• William Mervyn as Mr. Bonnington
• Noel Howlett as Judge
• Arthur Howard as Clerk of the Court
• Hope Matthews as Foreman of the Jury
• Olwen Brookes as Mrs. Fisher
• Johnnie Schofield as Chemist
• Sydney Bromley as Martin
• Fred Johnson as Prison Chaplain
• Albert Ferber as Pianist
• John Hollingsworth as Conductor
• George Opoka as M. Vernier
• Jacqueline Robert as Madame Vernier
• Tony Etienne as Jean
• Willoughby Gray as Photographer
• Adrian Waller as Reporter
• James B. Carson as Reporter
• Mary Daniels as First Programme Seller
• Jean Bowler as Second Programme Seller
• Wensley Pithey as Opera House Attendant
• Michael Logan as Police Inspector
• Nora Gordon as Guard
• Christiana Forbes as Guard
• Colleen Nolan as Guard
• Sheila Raynor as Guard
• Jean Anderson as Extra
• Corey Ellison as Extra
• Ian Wilson as Extra

References

Bibliography

• Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 2003.

External links

• The Mark of Cain at the Internet Movie Database