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The Man in Grey( 1943)

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The most daring novel of the century lives on the screen

Overview

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Margaret Lockwood

      Hesther Shaw Barbary

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      Phyllis Calvert

      Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan

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      James Mason

      Lord Rohan

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      Stewart Granger

      Swinton Rokeby / Peter Rokeby

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      Harry Scott

      Toby

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      Beatrice Varley

      Gypsy Fortune Teller

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      Martita Hunt

      Miss Patchett

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      Helen Haye

      Lady Rohan

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      Raymond Lovell

      The Prince of Wales

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      Nora Swinburne

      Mrs. Fitzherbert

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      Kathleen Boutall

      Amelia (uncredited)

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      James B. Carson

      Gervaise (uncredited)

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      Patric Curwen

      Doctor (uncredited)

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      Roy Emerton

      Gamekeeper (uncredited)

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      Lola Hunt

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Diana King

      Jane Seymour (uncredited)

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      Stuart Lindsell

      Thomas Lawrence (uncredited)

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      A.E. Matthews

      Auctioneer (uncredited)

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      Gertrude Maesmore Morris

      Lady Bessborough (uncredited)

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      Glyn Rowland

      Lord Mildmay (uncredited)

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      Amy Veness

      Mrs. Armstrong (uncredited)

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      Drusilla Wills

      Cook (uncredited)

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      Ann Wilton

      Miss Edge (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Jan 21 2014
    The Gypsy Portent and the Woman of Deadly Nightshade. The Man in Grey is directed by Leslie Arliss and adapted to screenplay by Margaret Kennedy and Doreen Montgomery from the novel of the same name written by Eleanor Smith. It stars Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert and Stewart Granger. Music is By Cedric Mallabey and cinematography by Arthur Crabtree. A forerunner of Gainsborough’s Wicked Women movies, The Man in Grey is a delicious slice of British noir pie. Proudly decked out in period attire, story is ripe with dastards, narcissists, connivers, the selfish and th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • jealousy
    • england
    • victorian england
    • marriage of convenience
    • tragedy
    • murder
    • extramarital affair
    • blackface
    • marquis