Blackmailed (1951)
Unless they pay, the world will know their secrets!
A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
- Date of release
- 1951-01-30
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Marc Allégret
Casting
- Mai Zetterling — Mrs. Carol Edwards
- Fay Compton — Mrs. Christopher
- Dirk Bogarde — Stephen Mundy
- Robert Flemyng — Dr. Giles Freeman
- Michael Gough — Maurice Edwards
- James Robertson Justice — Mr. Sine
- Joan Rice — Alma
- Wilfrid Hyde-White — Lord Dearsley
- Cyril Chamberlain — Police Constable
- Harold Huth — Hugh Sainsbury
- Nora Gordon — Sine's Housekeeper
- Charles Saynor — Police Constable - Giles' Car
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Blackmailed is a 1951 British noir thriller film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Fay Compton and Robert Flemyng. It was adapted by Hugh Mills and Roger Vadim from the 1946 novel Mrs Christopher by Elizabeth Myers.
Production
The film was shot at Pinewood Studios outside London, with the working title Mrs Christopher. Sets were designed by the art director J. Elder Wills.
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