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The Upturned Glass

- A Powerful NEW Drama of a Mad Love!

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.

Release Date : 1947-06-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Sydney Box ProductionsSydney Box AssociatesTriton

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Michael Joyce

Original Name : James Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emma Wright

Original Name : Rosamund John

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kate Howard

Original Name : Pamela Mason

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ann Wright

Original Name : Ann Stephens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Clay

Original Name : Morland Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Farrell

Original Name : Brefni O'Rorke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coroner

Original Name : Henry Oscar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Marsh

Original Name : Jane Hylton

Gender : Female

Character Name : First Girl Student

Original Name : Sheila Huntington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Girl Student

Original Name : Susan Shaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Male Student

Original Name : Peter Cotes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Jenny Deva

Original Name : Nuna Davey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joan Scott-Trotter

Original Name : Judith Carol

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sylvia

Original Name : Janet Burnell

Gender : Female

Character Name : U.S. Driver

Original Name : John Monaghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Injured Girl's Mother

Original Name : Beatrice Varley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Farm Laborer's Wife

Original Name : Hélène Burls

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lorry Driver

Original Name : Howard Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lorry Driver's Mate

Original Name : Richard Afton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junior Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Cyril Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Character Name : County Policeman

Original Name : Lyn Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mobile Policeman

Original Name : Maurice Denham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Glyn Rowland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : John Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Margaret Withers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : John Tatum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : George Merritt

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

James Mason is both measured and potent in this crime story of a brain surgeon "Michael Joyce" who performs a life-saving operation on a young girl. He falls in love with the girl's (married) mother "Emma" (Rosamund John) and when she is found dead at the foot of her bedroom window one day, he begins to question the verdict of suicide and determines to get to the bottom of what really happened. It's told by way of a retrospective - he is lecturing his students about a "fictional" case of murder where the killer is sane and calculating - and that gives the story quite a bit of pace and menace. The plot isn't complex and the audience is left in little doubt about what happened/is going to happen - but Mason along with Pamela Mason as "Kate" - the rather odious sister-in-law, manage to create quite a cumulative effect as the story develops that left me in no doubt that right was done!