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Madeleine
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Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
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Directed by David Lean
Ann ToddMadeleine Hamilton Smith
Norman WoolandWilliam Minnoch
Ivan DesnyEmile L'Angelier
Leslie BanksJames Smith
Elizabeth SellarsChristina Haggott
André MorellDefense Attorney
Barbara EverestMrs. Smith
Susan StranksJanet Smith
Patricia RaineBessie Smith
Eugene DeckersThuau
Barry JonesProsecuting Attorney
Jean CadellMrs. JenkinsVideos
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CinemaSerfDec 28, 2022
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… Read more
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).