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Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax

6,2 /10 (20 Votes)
1945 EN 89 min

Overview

In Victorian Brighton, a scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison.)

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Release date

22/11/1945

Votes

20

Popularity

1.1

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

89 min

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-02-17

⭐ 7

Dastardly Doings At The Dolphin Pink String and Sealing Wax is directed by Robert Hamer and adapted to screen by Diana Morgan from the play written by Roland Pertweee. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Jean Ireland and Sally Ann Howes. Music is by Norman Demuth and cinematography by Stanley Pavey. The wife of a pub landlord plots to rid herself of her abusive husband - roping in the innocent son of a chemist to achieve her aims. One can sometimes forget that Ealing Studios was not solely about crafty comedies, it was a production house of many genre splinters. Her…

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