Cast a Dark Shadow
No woman could resist his sinister charm!
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.
- 6.4
- 1955
- Released
- 1h 23m
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
SingerMyrtle Reed
Waitress (Uncredited)Joe Wadham
Ballroom Dancer (Uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Brighton Tea Shop Customer (Uncredited)Victor Harrington
Brighton Tea Shop Customer (Uncredited)
Released
en
- #based on play or musical
- #film noir
- #british noir
- #gold digger
- #wealthy widow
- #wife murder
Reviews
This is a smashing piece of cinema with Kay Walsh ("Charlotte"); Margaret Lockwood ("Freda Jeffries") and Kathleen Harrison ("Emmie") all on great form as the women involved in the machinations of the manipulative, murderous Dirk Bogarde "Edward Bare". When his elderly, wealthy, wife (Mona Washbourne) unexpectedly dies, he is disappointed to learn from her rather sceptical lawyer "Philip Mortimer"
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