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DramaThrillerMystery

Finger of Guilt

- MOVIE MAKER ON THE SPOT!

Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss's daughter after which he quickly rises through the studio ranks. Then the letters begin to appear from a lovesick American actress who wants to know why he has thrown her over.

Release Date : 1956-06-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Anglo-Guild ProductionsMerton Park StudiosRKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Finger of Guilt

Cast

Richard Basehart

Character Name : Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson

Original Name : Richard Basehart

Gender : Male

Mary Murphy

Character Name : Evelyn Stewart

Original Name : Mary Murphy

Gender : Female

Constance Cummings

Character Name : Kay Wallace

Original Name : Constance Cummings

Gender : Female

Roger Livesey

Character Name : Ben Case

Original Name : Roger Livesey

Gender : Male

Faith Brook

Character Name : Lesley Wilson

Original Name : Faith Brook

Gender : Female

Mervyn Johns

Character Name : Ernest Chaple

Original Name : Mervyn Johns

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-26

There are a couple of scenes in this mystery drama between "Reggie" (Richard Basehart) and "Evelyn" (Mary Murphy) that are actually quite effective. The latter woman has become the stalker of the former, putting great pressure on his marriage to "Lesley" (Faith Brook) even though he swears blind that he has never even met her! When the couple travel to Newcastle to confront the woman, things take a turn for the worst when she presents a signed photo of him... What's going on? Well, having teed it up quite intriguingly, the rest of the plot falls away pretty quickly as Constance Cummings (the lovestruck actress "Kay") and his fair but suspicious boss "Ben" - the underused Roger Livesey - feature in a declining story of duplicity and plotting that doesn't sustain the psychological element well, but degenerates into a rather messy and clunky affair. Basehart is competent - all you could ever really say about him, and Livesey's voice always had an effect in a film, but otherwise it's all about the first - engaging - twenty minutes.