Mine Own Executioner (1947)
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
- Date of release
- 1947-11-22
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Director
- Anthony Kimmins
Casting
- Burgess Meredith — Felix Milne
- Dulcie Gray — Patricia Milne
- Michael Shepley — Peter Edge
- Christine Norden — Barbara 'Babs' Edge
- Kieron Moore — Adam Lucian
- Barbara White — Molly Sinclair Lucian
- Walter Fitzgerald — Dr. Norris Pile
- Edgar Norfolk — Sir George Freethorne
- John Laurie — Dr. James Garsten
- Martin Miller — Dr. Hans Tautz
- Clive Morton — Robert Paston
- Joss Ambler — Julian Briant
Interesting facts
Mine Own Executioner is a 1947 British psychological thriller drama film starring Burgess Meredith and directed by Anthony Kimmins, and based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Balchin. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. The title is derived from a quotation of John Donne's "Devotions", which serves as an epigraph for the original book.
Production
The American actor Burgess Meredith was cast in the lead. At the same time, his wife Paulette Goddard was also hired by Alexander Korda to appear in An Ideal Husband (1947).
Australian Frederic Hilton worked as technical adviser.
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