Although I haven't seen the play (Murder Mistaken) on which this film was based it is firmly in the tradition of English stage works of the period and I'm ready to bet the farm that on the stage the actress playing the murdered wife also got to play her sister - conveniently living abroad. Lewis Gilbert employs two different actresses here, Mona Washbourne and Kay Walsh but there is also a third actress in the shape of Margaret Lockwood who, as the murdering husband, Dirk Bogarde, discovers to his chagrin, is nobody's fool least of all his. It's well made, well acted and as hokum goes fairly enjoyable and a cut above the usual Danny Angel fare.
Review of Cast a Dark Shadow
