Dark Secret (film)

Dark Secret
Directed by	Maclean Rogers
Produced by	Ernest G. Roy
Screenplay by	Moie Charles A.R. Rawlinson
Based on	play The Crime at Blossoms by Mordaunt Shairp
Starring	Dinah Sheridan Emrys Jones Irene Handl
Music by	George Melachrino
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	Ted Richards
Production company	Nettlefold Films
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service
Release dates	October 1949
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Dark Secret is a 1949 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Dinah Sheridan, Emrys Jones and Irene Handl. It was a remake of the 1933 film The Crime at Blossoms, also directed by Rogers.

Plot

Ex-pilot Chris and his wife Valerie move into an attractive country cottage, only to become obsessed with the murdered woman who used to live there.

Cast

• Dinah Sheridan as Valerie Merryman
• Emrys Jones as Chris Merryman
• Irene Handl as 'Woody' Woodman
• Hugh Pryse as A Very Late Visitor
• Barbara Couper as Mrs. Barrington
• Percy Marmont as Vicar
• Geoffrey Sumner as Jack Farrell
• Mackenzie Ward as Artist
• Charles Hawtrey as Arthur Figson
• John Salew as Mr. Barrington
• George Merritt as Mr. Lumley
• Stanley Vilven as Mr. Woodman
• Grace Arnold as Housewife
• Esme Beringer as Elderly Lady
• Edgar Driver as George - Barman
• Molly Hamley-Clifford as Fat Woman
• Laurence Naismith as Mr. Grossmith
• Terry Randall as Daughter
• Johnnie Schofield as Motor Coachman

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

• Dark Secret at IMDb