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Pink String and Sealing Wax

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Pink String and Sealing Wax

6.0

1h 29m

1945

Synopsis

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).

Director

Robert Hamer

ThrillerDramaCrime

victorian england

Cast & Crew

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

as Edward Sutton

Googie Withers

Googie Withers

as Pearl Bond

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

as David Sutton

Garry Marsh

Garry Marsh

as Joe Bond

Jean Ireland

as Victoria Sutton

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes

as Peggy Sutton

Mary Merrall

Mary Merrall

as Ellen Sutton

Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

as Miss Porter

Frederick Piper

Frederick Piper

as Dr. Pepper

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