The surprise witness ! The searching question ! The perjured testimony ! The accusing finger ! The shattering truth !
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.
- 6.6
- 1959
- Released
- 1h 40m
Dirk Bogarde
Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Margaret Anne Loddon
Paul Massie
Jeffrey Buckenham
Robert Morley
Sir Wilfred
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Hubert Foxley
Anthony Dawson
Gerald Loddon
Richard Wattis
The Judge
Richard Dimbleby
Himself
Martin Miller
Dr. Schrott
Millicent Martin
Maisie
Toke Townley
Associate
Deering Wells
Editor
Bill Shine
The Guide
Ivan Samson
Admiral Loddon
Sebastian Saville
Michael Loddon
Richard Pearson
The Butler
Robert Shaw
First Photographer
Geoffrey Bayldon
Second PhotographerGordon Sterne
Maddox
Arthur Howard
Car Salesman
Joyce Carey
Miss Sykes
Josephine Middleton
Mrs. Squire
Kenneth Griffith
FitchBarbara Archer
BarmaidTony Doonan
Man at Bar
Vanda Hudson
Girl in StreetVictor Harrington
Barrister (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)Reg Thomason
Barrister (uncredited)
Released
en
- #court case
- #england
- #war veteran
- #return
- #look-alike
- #impostor
- #courtroom drama
- #english nobility
- #libel suit
- #airplane pilot
- #pow
- #prisoner of war camp
Reviews
The Amnesiac Doppleganger. Libel is directed by Anthony Asquith and adapted from Edward Wooll's play by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie, Robert Morley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Anthony Dawson and Richard Wattis. Music is by Benjamin Frankel and cinematography by Robert Krasker. A shell-shocked ex-WWII prisoner of war with amnesia is ac