Melodrama starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten. A young bride returns to live in the house where her aunt was murdered. Under the influence of this mysterious atmosphere and her husband's sinister behaviour, she begins to doubt her sanity.
Ingrid Bergman won her first best actress Oscar for her performance in this menacing melodrama, as the socialite slowly being driven mad by suave husband Charles Boyer. This famous tale, originally a Patrick Hamilton stage success called Angel Street, was actually released in Britain as The Murder in Thornton Square, to avoid confusion with the equally famous 1940 British version with Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard. MGM actually tried to suppress the first film when it remade it as this super glossy Bergman vehicle. It's a bit dated now, but still has much to offer, notably George Cukor's intelligent direction, which, when combined with production designer Cedric Gibbons's terrific Victorian setting (the interior decoration won an Oscar), offers the radiant Bergman an opportunity that she seizes with both hands.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Gregory Anton | Charles Boyer |
| Paula Alquist | Ingrid Bergman |
| Brian Cameron | Joseph Cotten |
| Miss Thwaites | Dame May Whitty |
| Nancy Oliver | Angela Lansbury |
| Elizabeth Tompkins | Barbara Everest |
| Budge | Eustace Wyatt |
| Maestro Guardi | Emil Rameau |
| General Huddleston | Edmund Breon |
| Mr Mufflin | Halliwell Hobbes |
| Williams | Tom Stevenson |
| Lady Dalroy | Heather Thatcher |
| Lord Dalroy | Lawrence Grossmith |
| Pianist | Jakob Gimpel |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | George Cukor |
