Gaslight

Gaslight

84 mins | Thriller, Mystery | June 25, 1940

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.

Gaslight

84 mins | Thriller, Mystery | June 25, 1940

Gaslight
Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers British National Films
Original title Gaslight
Directors Thorold Dickinson, George Pollock
Writers A.R. Rawlinson, Bridget Boland, Patrick Hamilton

Cast

Adolf Wohlbrück

as Paul Mallen (as Anton Wahlbrook)

Diana Wynyard

as Bella Mallen

Frank Pettingell

as B.G. Rough

Cathleen Cordell

as Nancy the Parlour Maid

Robert Newton

as Ullswater

Jimmy Hanley

as Cobb

Minnie Rayner

as Elizabeth

Marie Wright

as Alice Barlow

Aubrey Dexter

as House Agent

Mary Hinton

as Lady Winterbourne

Angus Morrison

as Pianist

Jack Barty

as Chairman of Music Hall

Alfred Atkins

as Bit Role

Edwin Ellis

as Bit Role

Kathleen Harrison

as Bit Role

Katie Johnson

as Alice Barlow's Maid

Molly Raynor

as Bit Role

Pat Ronald

as Bit Role

Johnnie Schofield

as John (Man Working On Carriage At Stables)