Shadow of the Past

1950 British film
  • Aldo De Benedetti
  • Ian Stuart Black
Story byAldo De BenedettiProduced byMae Murray (Associate producer)Starring
  • Joyce Howard
  • Terence Morgan
CinematographyHone GlendinningEdited byGiulio ZampiMusic byStanley Black
Production
company
Mario Zampi Productions (as Anglofilm)
Distributed byColumbia Pictures Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • 4 September 1950 (1950-09-04) (UK)
Running time
83 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Shadow of the Past is a 1950 British crime film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Joyce Howard, Terence Morgan, and Michael Medwin.[1] The screenplay involves a man who catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead.

Cast

  • Joyce Howard as Lady in Black
  • Terence Morgan as John Harding
  • Michael Medwin as Dick Stevens
  • Andrew Osborn as George Bentley
  • Wylie Watson as Caretaker
  • Marie Ney as Mrs. Bentley
  • Ella Retford as Daily Help
  • Ronald Adam as Solicitor
  • Louise Gainsborough as Susie
  • Ian Fleming as Doctor

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars and described it as a "modest murder mystery...Tightly paced with several highly tense sequences."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Shadow of the Past". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Shadow Of The Past". TV Guide.

External links

  • Shadow of the Past at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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