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1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Alec Guinness, Audrey Fildes, Cecil Ramage, Clive Morton, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, John Penrose, Miles Maleson, Valerie Hobson |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1949. |
| Summary |
A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. Nominated for Best British Film at the **BAFTA Film Awards.** WInner of the Best Production Design Award at the **Venice International Film Festival.** *"At once a witty comedy of manners, a grotesque serial-killer caper and an acerbic satire on the class system." - Ben Walters, **Time Out*** |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Motion pictures, Great Britain.
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Satire.
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Motion Pictures.
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Comedy.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Hamer, Robert, film director.
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Guinness, Alec, actor.
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Fildes, Audrey, actor.
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Ramage, Cecil, actor.
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Morton, Clive, actor.
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Price, Dennis, actor.
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Greenwood, Joan, actor.
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Penrose, John, actor.
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Maleson, Miles, actor.
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Hobson, Valerie, actor.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
6435461 Kanopy |
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