The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1946
Bedlam
Directed by
Mark Robson
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
The story
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
Cast
Boris KarloffGeorge Sims
Anna LeeNell Bowen
Billy HouseLord Mortimer
Richard FraserThe Stonemason
Glen VernonThe Gilded Boy
Ian WolfeSidney Long
Jason Robards Sr.Oliver Todd
Leyland Hodgson'That Devil' Wilkes
Joan NewtonDorothea the Dove
Elizabeth RussellMistress Sims
Larry WheatPodge (uncredited)
Skelton KnaggsVarney (uncredited)
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Robert ClarkeDan (uncredited)
Vic HolbrookTom (uncredited)
Polly BaileyScrub Woman (uncredited)
John BeckSolomon (uncredited)
Ted BillingsInmate (uncredited)
Ellen CorbyBetty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Jane CrowleyInmate (uncredited)
Bruce EdwardsWarder (uncredited)
Betty GilletteWoman (uncredited)
John GoldsworthyChief Commissioner (uncredited)
Jack GordonMover (uncredited)
Bobby HaleInmate (uncredited)
Harry HarveyJohn Gray (uncredited)
Lars HensenInmate (uncredited)
George Holmes2nd Stonemason (uncredited)
John InceJudge (uncredited)
Jimmy Jordan3rd Stonemason (uncredited)
Donna LeeCockney Girl (uncredited)
Nan LeslieCockney Girl (uncredited)
James LoganBailiff (uncredited)
John MeredithManiac Inmate (uncredited)
Tommy Noonan1st Stonemason (uncredited)
Frank Pharr2nd Commissioner (uncredited)
Foster H. PhinneyLord Sandwich (uncredited)
Robert SeiterJohn, the Footman (uncredited)
Ray SpikerGuard (uncredited)
Victor TravisSims' Friend (uncredited)
Eleanore VogelInmate (uncredited)
Frankie DeePompey (uncredited)
Hamilton CampPompey (voice) (uncredited)
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