Madeleine
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1950 | 114m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | David Lean |
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| Writer: | Nicholas Phipps, Stanley Haynes |
| Staring: |
| The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 16, 1950 |
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| Director: | David Lean |
| Writer: | Nicholas Phipps, Stanley Haynes |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | poison, glasgow, scotland, based on true story, murder, verdict, trial, 19th century |
| Production Companies | Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ann Todd | Madeleine Hamilton Smith |
| Norman Wooland | William Minnoch |
| Ivan Desny | Emile L'Angelier |
| Leslie Banks | James Smith |
| Elizabeth Sellars | Christina Haggott |
| André Morell | Defense Attorney |
| Barbara Everest | Mrs. Smith |
| Susan Stranks | Janet Smith |
| Patricia Raine | Bessie Smith |
| Eugene Deckers | Thuau |
| Barry Jones | Prosecuting Attorney |
| Jean Cadell | Mrs. Jenkins |
| Irene Browne | Mrs. Grant |
| Kynaston Reeves | Dr. Penny |
| John Laurie | Scots Divine |
| Douglas Barr | William Murray, the Boot Boy |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Phipps | Writer |
| Clive Donner | Editor |
| Guy Green | Director of Photography |
| David Lean | Director |
| George Pollock | Assistant Director |
| John Bryan | Set Decoration |
| Stanley Haynes | Writer |
| Margaret Furse | Costume Design |
| Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
| Paul Rabiger | Makeup Artist |
| Norman Spencer | Production Manager |
| George Paternoster | Boom Operator |
| William Alwyn | Original Music Composer |
| Geoffrey Foot | Editor |
| Biddy Chrystal | Hairstylist |
| John Wilcox | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stanley Haynes | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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Ann Todd becomes better as she plays herself into the character of a rather devious and unscrupulous girl in this adaptation of a famous Glasgow murder (or, perhaps that should be murrrrdurrrr) tale from 1857. "Madeleine" is the daughter in a well-to-do family whose father (a seriously authoritarian ... Leslie Banks) can't quite figure out why she won't marry a suitable young man - unawares that she has been having a fling with an equally unscrupulous Frenchman who has his sights set on her family's wealth. His attempts at blackmail terminally backfire and before long she is on trial for his killing. The subsequent courtroom drama features strong performances from Barry Jones and André Morell as the barristers and this helps lift this rather slow-moving drama along to quite a gripping denouement (an unique peculiarity of the Scottish legal system). Maybe not David Lean's best or most notable work, but you can see his hallmark style all over this. (PS: keep an ear out for a wonderfully presbyterian performance from John Laurie - you will recognise his voice long before he comes into shot).