Gaslight
1940, Mystery and thriller, 1h 28m
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Paul Mallen
Bella Mallen
B.G. Rough
Nancy the Parlour Maid
Vincent Ullswater
Cobb
Critic Reviews for Gaslight
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The first, British version of Patrick Hamilton's popular play, is extremely well acted by Diana Wynyard and Anton Walbrook, but Cukor's MGM version, with Osar-winning Ingrid Bergman, is superior.
August 2, 2012 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
So much goes right in this film version, all without sparking a corresponding bump in my enthusiasm, that it's all the more obvious that I find some foundations of this text perennially problematic.
January 16, 2012 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
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June 26, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 -
The husband is played by Anton Walbrook, who is far more sinister and emotionless than Charles Boyer would be in the later version.
February 10, 2004 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… -
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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Gaslight
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May 20, 2012An interesting British thriller that isn't great but does possess one great performance from Walbrook as the evil husband. I'd already seen a stage version and so knew what to expect but the film surprised me in its brutality (the strangulation of an old woman in the first few minutes) and its morally ambiguous characters.David S Super Reviewer
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May 09, 2012A townhouse in 19th Century London with a past: there was a woman murdered there years ago and the murderer never caught. The new couple there should be happy, but the young wife ... troubled. Hears things, sees things, its too bad really. With women as the target audience there's still enough in this strange, brooding gothic tale to please everyone, and was good enough to be remade by Hollywood a scant 4 years later. All the meat's still here in the original, more direct version.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Dec 15, 2011MGM famously tried to destroy this film's negatives so it wouldn't compete with its own 1944 remake starring Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury. Good thing they didn't, because we wouldn't have the great fortunate of watching the darker side of Anton Walbrook. His villainy may be a little over-the-top, but he does it with such conviction, commitment, and stature that I bought it 100%. If that isn't a testament to how great of an actor he was, I don't know what is.Jonathan H Super Reviewer
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Nov 03, 2010Nothing special. Fucking Netflix sent this version to me instead of the Ingrid Bergman version. It makes for a marginally compelling tale of deception and murder, but Bella's husband is so over-the-top evil that they should have made his mustache a little longer so he could twist it. Bella herself is mostly ineffectual and whiny, and though you obviously feel sorry for her as she's trapped in this perverse psychological game, she doesn't really offer any interesting insight into her predicament or mental state. She's just a crazy lady with a controlling husband living in a house where an old lady died. It's basically a Victorian Gothic paint-by-numbers.Drew S Super Reviewer
Gaslight Quotes
| Paul Mallen: | But because I am mad, I hate you. Because I am mad, I have betrayed you. And because I'm mad, I'm rejoicing in my heart, without a shred of pity, without a shred of regret, watching you go with glory in my heart! |
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