The Fallen Idol Film Still

The Fallen Idol

Carol Reed

 
The Fallen Idol Criterion DVD

DVD

1 Disc

SRP: $29.95

Out of Print
  • United Kingdom
  • 1948
  • 95 minutes
  • Black and White
  • 1.33:1
  • English

SYNOPSIS: The Fallen Idol was the first of three masterpieces to result from the legendary meeting of director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene, who together would also create The Third Man and Our Man in Havana. Elegantly balancing suspense and farce, this tale of the fraught relationship between a boy and the beloved butler he suspects of murder is a delightfully macabre thriller of the first order and a visually and verbally dazzling knockout.

Cast & CreditsOpen

Cast

BainesRalph Richardson
JulieMichèle Morgan
Mrs. BainesSonia Dresdel
PhillipeBobby Henrey
Inspector CroweDenis O'Dea
Detective AmesJack Hawkins
Detective HartBernard Lee

Credits

DirectorCarol Reed
ScreenplayGraham Greene
ProducerCarol Reed
CinematographyGeorges Perinal
EditingOswald Hafenrichter
Art directorVincent Korda and James Sawyer
MusicWilliam Alwyn

Disc Features

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • A Sense of Carol Reed, a 2006 documentary featuring interviews with director Carol Reed’s friends and collaborators Illustrated Reed filmography
  • Original press book
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: A book featuring new essays by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien, author David Lodge, and Reed biographer Nicholas Wapshott

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Film Essays

The Fallen Idol:
Through a Child’s Eye, Darkly

By Geoffrey O’BrienNovember 06, 2006

The circumstances of our first encounters with movies are often as memorable as the movies themselves. Sometimes the juxtaposition of movie and Read more »

The Fallen Idol

By Howard A. RodmanDecember 22, 1992

At first blush, The Fallen Idol might seem to be an ambered treasure, duly noted in the guidebooks as “worth a special visit.” It has, after all, a script by noted littérateur Read more »