| Fallen Idol, The - The Criterion Collection | |||||
| Criterion (1948) | |||||
| Drama, Thriller | |||||
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#4500 |
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| Ralph Richardson | Baines | |
| Jack Hawkins | Detective Ames | |
| Michele Morgan | ||
| Sonia Dresdel | Mrs. Baines | |
| Dennis O'Dea | ||
| Bobby Henrey | Phillipe | |
| Michèle Morgan | Julie | |
| Denis O'Dea | Inspector Crowe | |
| Walter Fitzgerald | Dr. Fenton | |
| Dandy Nichols | Mrs. Patterson | |
| Joan Young | Mrs. Barrow | |
| Karel Stepanek | First Secretary | |
| Gerard Heinz | Ambassador | |
| Torin Thatcher | Policeman | |
| James Hayter | Perry | |
| Geoffrey Keen | Detective Davis | |
| Bernard Lee | Detective Hart |
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| Producer | Carol Reed
Philip Brandon Alexander Korda |
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| Writer | Graham Greene
Lesley Storm |
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| Cinematography | Georges Périnal
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| Musician | William Alwyn
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The Fallen Idol was the first of three masterpieces to result from the legendary meeting of director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene, who together would also create The Third Man and Our Man in Havana. Elegantly balancing suspense and farce, this tale of the fraught relationship between a boy and the beloved butler he suspects of murder is a delightfully macabre thriller of the first order and a visually and verbally dazzling knockout. |
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