The Tall Headlines

The Tall Headlines
Original British trade ad
Directed byTerence Young
Screenplay by
Based onThe Tall Headlines by Audrey Erskine Lindop[1]
Produced byRaymond Stross
Starring
CinematographyC.M. Pennington-Richards
Edited byVera Campbell
Music byHans May
Production
company
Raymond Stross Productions
Distributed byGrand National Pictures
Release date
  • 15 April 1952 (1952-04-15) (London)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Tall Headlines is a 1952 British drama film directed by Terence Young and starring André Morell, Flora Robson, Michael Denison, Peter Burton, Sid James and Dennis Price.[2][3] It was shot at Walton Studios outside London. In the United States the film was retitled The Frightened Bride.[4] It was based on the 1950 novel of the same title by Audrey Erskine Lindop.

Plot

A middle-class family suffer agonies when their eldest son is hanged for murder.

Cast

Critical reception

Allmovie called it a "grim British drama," but approved of "An excellent all-character-actor cast includes Flora Robson and Andre Morrell as the grieving parents, Michael Denison as the brother and Mai Zetterling as the initial murder victim.";[4] whereas TV Guide wrote, "Decent performances by some well-known British actors and actresses are wasted on this unbelievable story."[5]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "The Frightened Bride". 29 September 1952 – via IMDb.
  3. ^ "Tall Headlines (1952)". Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "The Frightened Bride (1952) - Terence Young - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  5. ^ "The Frightened Bride".

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