Madeleine (1950)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

David Lean

Escritores:

Stanley Haynes (writer)
Nicholas Phipps (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 febrero 1950 (UK)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Plot:

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

Plot Keywords:

Scotland | Love Letter | Poison | Scandal | Murder Trial

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A scandal in Scotland...

Reparto

Ann Todd	...	Madeleine Smith
Norman Wooland	...	William Minnoch
Ivan Desny	...	Emile L'Anglier
Leslie Banks	...	James Smith
Barbara Everest	...	Mrs. Smith
Elizabeth Sellars	...	Christina Hackett
Patricia Raine	...	Bessie Smith
Eugene Deckers	...	Thuau (as Eugène Deckers)
André Morell	...	Defending Counsel
Barry Jones	...	Prosecuting Counsel
Susan Stranks	...	Janet Smith

También conocida como:

The Strange Case of Madeleine (USA) (reissue title)
Madeleine (Spain) [es]

Duración:

114 min | USA:101 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl

Compañía:

Cineguild

Trivialidades:

Ann Todd had portrayed the title character in theatrical productions of the play this film was based on, and had always wanted to play her in a film adaptation. Shortly after she married director David Lean, he agreed to make this film and cast her as the lead as a "wedding present" of sorts.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Foul Play (1978)

A scandal in Scotland...

A boarding-house Lothario in 1857 Glasgow dies from arsenic poisoning; a stack of incriminating letters point the finger at the man's secret lover, an unmarried high society woman who has recently announced her engagement to a man of her class. True story which held Victorian Scotland spellbound is given handsome, but not elaborate treatment from director David Lean. Lean's then-wife Ann Todd reportedly played Madeleine Smith on the stage (not credited here) and her assets--steely eyes, a knitted-brow and taut mouth--are in perfect accompaniment with this inscrutable character, who may or may not be what she seems. Lean captures the allure of a clandestine romance, with the screen fading to black as the lustiness becomes palpable, and his third act in the courtroom is quite lively. Still, this seems to be a lot of striding up and down for a fairly certain verdict, and the conclusion is curiously flat. Columbo could've solved this case in an hour. ** from ****