Pink String and Sealing Wax Movie Review 1945

A brutish pub owner in Victorian England is poisoned by his abused wife. She tries to involve the son of a chemist with the idea of blackmailing the father. Fine period flavor.

Distribution

Sinister Cinema, PO Box 4369, Medford, OR 97501-0168, Phone: (541)773-6860, Fax: (541)779-8650, Email: scinema@qwest.net, URL: http://www.sinistercinema.com

Available on VHS
Running time 89 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Great Britain, Period Piece: 19th Century

Screenplay

Robert Hamer

Cast

Mervyn Johns, Mary Merrall, Gordon Jackson, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes, Catherine Lacey, Garry Marsh, Frederick Piper, Don Stannard, Valentine Dyall

Cinematography

Richard S. Pavey

Director

Robert Hamer

Producer

Michael Balcon, Ealing Studios