The Fallen Idol Movie Review 1949

A young boy wrongly believes that a servant he admires is guilty of murdering his wife. Unwittingly, the child influences the police investigation of the crime so that the servant becomes the prime suspect. Richardson as the accused and Henrey as the boy are notable. Screenplay adapted by Greene from his short story, "The Basement Room."

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Graham Greene, Childhood Visions, The Help: Male

Screenplay

Graham Greene, Lesley Storm, William Templeton

Cast

Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michele Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Jack Hawkins, Bernard Lee, Denis O'Dea, Dora Bryan, Walter Fitzgerald, Karel Stepanek, Geoffrey Keen, James Hayter, Dandy Nichols, George Woodbridge, John Ruddock, Joan Young, Gerard Heinz

Cinematography

Georges Perinal

Director

Carol Reed

Producer

Selznick Pictures

Awards

British Acad. 1948: Film; Natl. Bd. of Review 1949: Actor (Richardson); N.Y. Film Critics 1949: Director (Reed).