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September 03, 2009
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- United Kingdom
- 1948
- 95 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- English
- Spine #357
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.
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Cast
| Baines | Ralph Richardson |
| Julie | Michèle Morgan |
| Mrs. Baines | Sonia Dresdel |
| Phillipe | Bobby Henrey |
| Inspector Crowe | Denis O'Dea |
| Detective Ames | Jack Hawkins |
| Detective Hart | Bernard Lee |
Credits
| Director | Carol Reed |
| Screenplay | Graham Greene |
| Producer | Carol Reed |
| Cinematography | Georges Perinal |
| Editing | Oswald Hafenrichter |
| Art director | Vincent Korda and James Sawyer |
| Music | William 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 November 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 December 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 »
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