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The Tall Headlines






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The Tall Headlines
Original British trade ad
Directed byTerence Young
Screenplay by
  • Dudley Leslie
  • Based onThe Tall HeadlinesbyAudrey Erskine Lindop[1]
    Produced byRaymond Stross
    Starring
  • André Morell
  • Flora Robson
  • Peter Burton
  • Sid James
  • CinematographyC.M. Pennington-Richards
    Edited byVera Campbell
    Music byHans May

    Production
    company

    Raymond Stross Productions

    Distributed byGrand National Pictures

    Release date

    • 15 April 1952 (1952-04-15) (London)

    Running time

    100 minutes
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    LanguageEnglish

    The Tall Headlines is a 1952 British drama film directed by Terence Young and starring André Morell, Flora Robson, Michael Denison, Peter Burton, Sid James and Dennis Price.[2][3] It was shot at Walton Studios outside London. In the United States the film was retitled The Frightened Bride.[4] It was based on the 1950 novel of the same titlebyAudrey Erskine Lindop.

    Plot[edit]

    A middle-class family suffer agonies when their eldest son is hanged for murder.

    Cast[edit]

  • Michael Denison as Phillip Rackham
  • Flora Robson as Mary Rackham
  • Dennis Price as Maurice Fletcher
  • André Morell as George Rackham
  • Jane Hylton as Frankie Rackham
  • Naunton Wayne as Police Inspector
  • Mervyn Johns as Uncle Ted
  • Celia Lipton as Sandra
  • Hugh Dempster as Police Inspector
  • Michael Ward as Dentist
  • Olive Sloane as Mrs Baker
  • Barbara Blair as Nancy Rickardson
  • Peter Burton as Graham Moore
  • Joan Hickson as Waitress
  • Sid James as Mr Spencer
  • Critical reception[edit]

    Allmovie called it a "grim British drama," but approved of "An excellent all-character-actor cast includes Flora Robson and Andre Morrell as the grieving parents, Michael Denison as the brother and Mai Zetterling as the initial murder victim.";[4] whereas TV Guide wrote, "Decent performances by some well-known British actors and actresses are wasted on this unbelievable story."[5]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  • ^ "The Frightened Bride". 29 September 1952 – via IMDb.
  • ^ "Tall Headlines (1952)". Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
  • ^ a b "The Frightened Bride (1952) - Terence Young - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  • ^ "The Frightened Bride".
  • External links[edit]

    The Tall HeadlinesatIMDb Edit this at Wikidata

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