Libel

1959 PG-13 1h 40m

6.8 / 10 27

RATING

6.8/10

YOUR RATING

A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.

Director Anthony Asquith

Writers

Edward Wooll Anatole de Grunwald Karl Tunberg

Stars

Dirk Bogarde Olivia de Havilland Paul Massie

Dirk Bogarde

Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen

Olivia de Havilland

Lady Margaret Anne Loddon

Barrister (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

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Barrister (uncredited)

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John Chard 11 Aug 2015

8/10

The Amnesiac Doppleganger. Libel is directed by Anthony Asquith and adapted from Edward Wooll's play by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie, Robert Morley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Anthony Dawson and Richard Wattis. Music is by Benjamin Frankel and cinematography by Robert Krasker. A shell-shocked ex-WWII prisoner of war with amnesia is ac...