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Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax

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Summary

Crime drama starring Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Gordon Jackson. In late-19th-century Brighton, a chemist's son gets caught up in a murder plot after falling in love with a publican's wife.

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Review

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Set in Victorian Brighton, this roaring melodrama is adapted from Roland Pertwee's stage success, which takes its title from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison. There's not an ounce of subtlety in either the acting or in Robert Hamer's direction, but the film is none the worse for that, as restraint would have rendered the whole production ridiculous. The villains have all the fun, with Mervyn Johns unexpectedly severe as the tyrannical father, Garry Marsh on career-best form as the brutal husband and Googie Withers gloriously wicked as the landlady who leads timid Gordon Jackson astray.

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6.6/10

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Cast

rolenameMr Edward SuttonMervyn JohnsPearl BondGoogie WithersDavid SuttonGordon JacksonPeggy SuttonSally Ann HowesMrs Ellen SuttonMary MerrallMiss PorterCatherine LaceyJoe BondGarry MarshDan PowellJohn CarolVictoria SuttonJean IrelandMrs WebsterMaudie Edwards

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Crew

rolenameDirectorRobert Hamer

Details

Theatrical distributor

Eagle Lion Distribution Ltd

Languages

English

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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