Pink String and Sealing Wax

6.0(19)19451h 29m

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Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. 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).

Director

Robert Hamer

Cast

Mervyn Johns

Edward Sutton

Googie Withers

Pearl Bond

Gordon Jackson

David Sutton

Garry Marsh

Joe Bond

Jean Ireland

Victoria Sutton

Sally Ann Howes

Peggy Sutton

Mary Merrall

Ellen Sutton

Catherine Lacey

Miss Porter

Frederick Piper

Dr. Pepper

Colin Simpson

James Sutton

David Walbridge

Nicholas Sutton

John Carol

Dan Powell

Reviews

1 review

John Chard

7y ago

7.0

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 - r...