Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax

89 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 22, 1945

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).

Pink String and Sealing Wax

89 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 22, 1945

Pink String and Sealing Wax
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Ealing Studios
Original title Pink String and Sealing Wax
Directors Robert Hamer
Writers Roland Pertwee, Diana Morgan

Cast

Mervyn Johns

as Edward Sutton

Gordon Jackson

as David Sutton

Googie Withers

as Pearl Bond

Garry Marsh

as Joe Bond

Jean Ireland

as Victoria Sutton

Sally Ann Howes

as Peggy Sutton

Mary Merrall

as Ellen Sutton

Catherine Lacey

as Miss Porter

Frederick Piper

as Dr. Pepper

Colin Simpson

as James Sutton

David Walbridge

as Nicholas Sutton

John Carol

as Dan Powell

Pauline Letts

as Louise

Maudie Edwards

as Mrs. Webster

Helen Goss

as Maudie

Don Stannard

as John Bevan