The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1945
Pink String and Sealing Wax
Directed by
Robert Hamer
In Victorian Brighton, a scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison.)
The story
In Victorian Brighton, a scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison.)
Cast
Mervyn JohnsEdward Sutton
Googie WithersPearl Bond
Gordon JacksonDavid Sutton
Garry MarshJoe Bond
Jean IrelandVictoria Sutton
Sally Ann HowesPeggy Sutton
Mary MerrallEllen Sutton
Catherine LaceyMiss Porter
Frederick PiperDr. Pepper
Colin SimpsonJames Sutton
David WalbridgeNicholas Sutton
John CarolDan Powell
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