A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable. Read more
| Starring | Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Jean Ireland |
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| Director | Robert Hamer |
| Genres | Drama |
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A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.
| Starring | Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Jean Ireland, Sally Ann Howes, Colin Simpson, David Walbridge, Mary Merrall, John Carol |
|---|---|
| Director | Robert Hamer |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1945 To Rent: DVD: 12 May 2008 |
Hamer spins his melodrama between two parallel worlds in Victorian Brighton: a suffocatingly middle-class household... read more on Time Out
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Pink String and Sealing Wax
I had waited a long time to see this film, when it eventually arrived I was disappointed. I have an interest in reading real life stories of Victorian ... read more »
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Definitely worth seeing if you like old British films.
There are two stories in this film, but only one is told. The other is hastily narrated in the final scene but would have made an interesting second half to the... read more »
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For fans of 40s B and W Edwardian dramas others may find old fashioned
A well made British period drama, with lots of good old British character actors enjoying themselves playing low lives in an Edwardian Brighton pub. Googie is ... read more »
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Pink String and Sealing Wax
I had waited a long time to see this film, when it eventually arrived I was disappointed. I have an interest in reading real life stories of Victorian ... read more »
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