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Pink String and Sealing Wax( 1945)

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Overview

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. 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).

    Top Billed Cast

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      Mervyn Johns

      Edward Sutton

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      Googie Withers

      Pearl Bond

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      Gordon Jackson

      David Sutton

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      Garry Marsh

      Joe Bond

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      Jean Ireland

      Victoria Sutton

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      Sally Ann Howes

      Peggy Sutton

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      Mary Merrall

      Ellen Sutton

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      Catherine Lacey

      Miss Porter

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      Frederick Piper

      Dr. Pepper

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      Colin Simpson

      James Sutton

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      David Walbridge

      Nicholas Sutton

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      John Carol

      Dan Powell

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      Pauline Letts

      Louise

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      Maudie Edwards

      Mrs. Webster

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      Helen Goss

      Maudie

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      Don Stannard

      John Bevan

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      John Owers

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      Margaret Ritchie

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      John Ruddock

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      Ronald Adam

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      Charles Carson

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      Valentine Dyall

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      David Keir

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Feb 17 2019
    Dastardly Doings At The Dolphin Pink String and Sealing Wax is directed by Robert Hamer and adapted to screen by Diana Morgan from the play written by Roland Pertweee. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Jean Ireland and Sally Ann Howes. Music is by Norman Demuth and cinematography by Stanley Pavey. The wife of a pub landlord plots to rid herself of her abusive husband - roping in the innocent son of a chemist to achieve her aims. One can sometimes forget that Ealing Studios was not solely about crafty comedies, it was a production house of many genre splinters. Here...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • victorian england