Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2017, Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014. This film was one of the roles Bogarde took on to escape his Doctor at Large typecasting, which explains his working class accent, though his character reading a muscle magazine just before he meets Lockwood is something left unexplained and a subtextual hint not further explored. The inheritance is a myth. Please try again. LOVE this movie. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Be the first to review this product!

When Kay Walsh enters after Lockwood becomes the new Mrs Bare, and appears to be Lockwood's successor, the stage is set for a venomous triangle. Excellent. Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2015. Surprise! Surprise! Things are complicated by Lockwood being the aggressor, but as we see she is no fool, it becomes a game of outwitting. With Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison. Compelling plot from start to finish. When she tells him that she intends to keep her accounts separate from his, he is driven to contemplate murder once again. Dirk Bogarde digressed from his usual lightweight image to portray a smarmy murderer in Cast a Dark Shadow. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2020. Pour trouver un produit Cast A Dark Shadow [Dvd] au meilleur prix, c'est sur notre site qu'il faut vous rendre. Sitemap |. It's actually extremely funny and I wanted Dirk to get away with it and go off with Kay Walsh, who was lovely. All prices are in USD. We begin with Dirk Bogarde as the irresistably named Teddy Bare, married to an older woman, who he kills for the inheritance. Click the button below to add the Cast A Dark Shadow (1955) DVD to your wish list. Good price, arrived earlier than stated. Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017, This DVD is in a format that cannot play on US machines, Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2001. Dirk Bogarde digressed from his usual lightweight image to portray a smarmy murderer in Cast a Dark Shadow. This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The entire cast was excellent but particularly Bogarde. Every character, every scene, and the creepy scary story as well. See other DVD options under “Other Formats & Versions”. I bought this for my mother who was thrilled because it was filmed near where my parents lived & shows their cottage. The suggestion that Washbourne remains some sort of accomplice to Bogarde's actions and his confidante, with her symbolic rocking chair prefiguring Mrs Bates in Psycho, doesn' make sense since there was no hint that his wife was in on her own demise, even though we see that Bogarde enshrines her bedroom.

I liked 2 of Green's lines. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. And a wonderful surprise twist ending too. It's hard to decide which of Lockwood or Bogarde is the more unlikeable character, so when they court to the strains of a torch singer's Leave Me Alone, you're not sure which one should leave and which should be left. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2017. And in response to Bogarde's anger at Lockwood invading Washbourne's bedroom, she says "If he had any more wives, I'd have to sleep in the bathroom". After an investigation results in a decision of 'accidental death', our crafty killer discovers that his late wife's 'fortune' is not what he thought it was. But Lockwood is possessed of a naturally suspicious nature, making Bogarde's second murder plot a bit more delicate than his first. Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Flemyng, Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2017, Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2020. La raison ? Delicious to watch and savor from beginning to end. Love these films. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. There's a problem loading this menu right now. At the wedding of Lockwood and Bogarde is told "You've landed the fish but don't forget who supplied the chips". However Bogarde's next intended victim, his new wife Margaret Lockwood is a lot more resistant to his charms. Achat Cast A Dark Shadow [Dvd] à prix bas sur Rakuten. Gilbert presents Bogarde as threatening from the opening where his wife (the touching Mona Washbourne) screams and he glowers as they ride the ghost train at an amusement park. A British fortune-hunter playboy is killing his rich wives in order to inherit their wealth. Cast a Dark Shadow is a too-literal adaptation of Janet Green's stage play Murder Mistaken. Lockwood too roughens her Hitchcockian Lady Vanishes image.