Hangover Square

1945
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1h 17m

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7.3/10

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Linda Darnell, George Sanders, and Laird Cregar in Hangover Square (1945)

A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.

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A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

Pot Man
(uncredited)

Radford Allen

Boy
(uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Drunk
(uncredited)

J.W. Austin

Det. Insp. King
(uncredited)

Wilson Benge

Waiter
(uncredited)

Frank Benson

Newsman
(uncredited)

Ted Billings

Pub Patron
(uncredited)

Clifford Brooke

Gas Company Watchman
(uncredited)

Bob Burns

Concertgoer
(uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Concertgoer
(uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Waiter
(uncredited)

Ann Codee

Yvette
(uncredited)

Director
- John Brahm
Writers
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Trivia
In the book "A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann," director John Brahm said this about the concerto scene: "For a long time, I had been dissatisfied with the photography of music in films. Musicians themselves are uninteresting; it is what they play that should be photographed. I myself could not read a note of music, but when Herrmann came and saw the finished film he could not believe it. I had photographed his music."

Goofs
The title of Patrick Hamilton's novel, 'Hangover Square', is a play on words based on 'Hanover Square'. It is not meant to be Bone's actual address as it is in the film version, where a street sign marked 'Hangover Square' is seen.

Quotes
[first title card]
Title Card: This is the story of George Harvey Bone who resided at number 12, Hangover Square, London, S.W. in the early part of the Twentieth Century. The British Catalogue of Music lists him as a Distinguished Composer~~~

Crazy credits
Opening credits: This is the story of George Harvey Bone who resided at number 12, Hangover Square, London, S.W. in the early part of the Twentieth Century. The British Catalogue of Music lists him as a Distinguished Composer~~~

Connections
Featured in Biography: Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)

Soundtracks
Have You Seen Joe?
(uncredited)
Music by Lionel Newman
Lyrics by Charles Henderson
Performed by Kay St. Germain Wells
[Netta (Linda Darnell) sings the song at the bar hall in her opening performance]

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Featured review

9/10

The greatest movie ever made about madness!

My parents took me to see this when I was 8 & I had nightmares about it for a month or more - compounded by the knowledge that the lead, the great Laird Cregar died shortly after his appearance in it (of complications from dieting - at age 28!). The total immersion of this film into the clinical madness of a composer who cracks up when he hears discordant sounds & the greed & opportunism of his paramour give it a real nasty Edwardian gothic mood. There are scenes of creepiness here that seem almost the prototypes for Hitchcock classics like Psycho & Vertigo. (Bernard Hermann wrote the composer's scores as well as the background music). But it's also a great exercise on good vs evil, apollo vs dionysius & above all high art vs low art. The 2 main leads, Cregar & Sanders, the director & writer were involved in the making of The Lodger - a Jack the Ripper film - the year before.