Cast a Dark Shadow

1955 PG-13 1h 23m

6.4 / 10 59

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6.4/10

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Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.

Director Lewis Gilbert

Writers

Janet Green Janet Green John Cresswell

Stars

Dirk Bogarde Margaret Lockwood Kay Walsh

Waitress (Uncredited)

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Joe Wadham

Ballroom Dancer (Uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Brighton Tea Shop Customer (Uncredited)

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Victor Harrington

Brighton Tea Shop Customer (Uncredited)

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Geronimo1967 14 Nov 2022

7/10

This is a smashing piece of cinema with Kay Walsh ("Charlotte"); Margaret Lockwood ("Freda Jeffries") and Kathleen Harrison ("Emmie") all on great form as the women involved in the machinations of the manipulative, murderous Dirk Bogarde "Edward Bare". When his elderly, wealthy, wife (Mona Washbourne) unexpectedly dies, he is disappointed to learn from her rather sceptical lawyer "Philip Mortimer"...

John Chard 2 Nov 2013

8/10

Anyone would think it was Bluebeard's chamber! Cast a Dark Shadow is directed by Kewis Gilbert and adapted to screenplay by John Cresswell from the play Murder Mistaken written by Janet Green. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison and Robert Flemyng. Music is by Antony Hopkins and cinematography by Jack Asher. Edward Bare (Bogarde) marries an older woman for ...