Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueEdward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights... Tout lireEdward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes elsewhere.Edward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes elsewhere.
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- Casting principal
- Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination au total
- Guest at Wedding Reception
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- Brighton Tea Shop Customer
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- Man on Club Dance Floor
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- Man on Club Dance Floor
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- Brighton Tea Shop Customer
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- Man Leaving Inquest
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- Man at Inquest
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- Waitress
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Besides the beleaguered Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood and Kay Walsh turn in great performances, as well as Robert Flemyng as the suspicious family barrister who is on to Bogarde. The movie plays like a filmed stage play,and in fact was adapted from the stage, with only a few token exterior shots.
The website bills "Cast A Dark Shadow" as a thriller but it is neither a thriller or a mystery, just a competent and engrossing drama which is worth your time, and it is time well spent. It was on ol' reliable TCM the other morning.
The film betrays its theatrical origins many times over and is firmly couched in the thriller conventions of its time. Dirk Bogarde, one of the best actors to emerge from postwar British Cinema is caught in a web of clichés as badboy Teddy: (The one original aspect of his character is a clearly signaled penchant for muscle men) but the one good reason for all fans of Ms. Lockwood to see this flick, is the opportunity to see her cast off the Wicked Lady mantle and assume a straightforward, eminently practical, tough-talking persona that we have never seen before.
"you wouldn't like this one Monnie" says Teddy in imaginary dialogue with his late victim, "She's common". Well, Monnie might not like her, but be assured dear reader, you will.
Dirk Bogarde plays an absolute cad with a caviar appetite and a beer purse. He marries a tattered old English matron for her money, but misses the mark when she fails to include him in her will. They do a scene at a seaside tea house that is not to be missed. Listen for the lilting melody of the all girl band. He needs another sugar mama before his money runs out, and heads back to the tea house for another try. For a dapper dude, he really does not know how to pick them. This time his target is a shop worn widow played to the nines by Margaret Lockwood.It took me until halfway through the second viewing to figure out she was the same actress that played the naive ingénue in Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes". Not only does she outguess him, she outfoxes him. About this time, I began to think he ought to get another line of work. Margaret Lockwood makes him look like an amateur. Instead of her being a rich, vulnerable pigeon, she turns out to be very savvy slut who one ups him at every turn.
There is a real mind bender ending, but I would never screw the reader by revealing it. Every time I thought I had this movie figured, I got hit with one surprise after another until about four minutes before the ending credits rolled. Give this movie a play, but only if you have the time to give it the attention it deserves. For me, most of the delicious moments are quite subtle. I gave this movie a 9/10 and I'm a stingy voter.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesWhen Edward tells Freda that she should have checked up on him with "Somerset House", he is referring to the fact that it then housed the Public Records Office where one could see any deceased person's will.
- GaffesTeddy confesses the murder to Freda, then says he is safe because a wife can't testify against her husband. This is a common misunderstanding. A wife cannot "be made" to testify against her husband, but there is nothing to stop a woman testifying of her own free will.
- Citations
Freda Jeffries: We buried my poor Albert six months ago.
Edward Bare: What was the matter with him?
Freda Jeffries: He was dead!
- ConnexionsReferences Vacances romaines (1953)
- Bandes originalesLeave Me Alone
(Le Grisbi) (uncredited)
Music by Jean Wiener
French lyrics by Marc Lanjean
English lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons
Sung by Lita Roza
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Détails
- Durée1 heure 22 minutes
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.66 : 1