Hell Is Sold Out
| Hell Is Sold Out | |
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| Directed by | Michael Anderson |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on |
Hell Is Sold Out by Maurice Dekobra |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Hans May |
| Cinematography | Jack Asher |
| Edited by | Hazel Wilkinson |
Production company |
Raymond Stross Productions (credited as Zelstro Productions)[1] |
| Distributed by |
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Release dates |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Hell Is Sold Out is a 1951 British drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Mai Zetterling, Herbert Lom and Richard Attenborough.[1] The film is based on the novel of the same name by Maurice Dekobra.[2]
Plot
The French Resistance novelist Domenic Danges returns unexpectedly to find a Swedish girl posing as his widow and has published a novel under his name. A love triangle develops when a fellow prisoner falls in love with Valerie. A woman who publishes a book under the name of a man believed to be long dead.[1]
Cast
- Mai Zetterling as Valerie Martin
- Herbert Lom as Dominic Danges
- Richard Attenborough as Pierre Bonnet
- Hermione Baddeley as Mme. Louise Menstrier
- Nicholas Hannen as François
- Olaf Pooley as Cheri, male secretary
- Eric Pohlmann as Louis, the proprietor
- Kathleen Byron as Arlette de Balzamann
- Joan Young as Mrs. Gertrude de Montfort Cole
- Althea Orr as Mrs. Eunice Weinhardt
- Virginia Bedard as Mrs. Irma Reinhardt
- Joan Hickson as Hortense, the housekeeper
Release
The film is on Blu-ray.[3] Amazon.com released the film on DVD on August 31, 2010.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Hell is Sold Out". British Film Institute. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London, Melbourne, Munich. and New Providence, New Jersey: Bowker-Saur. ISBN 9783598114922.
- ↑ "Hell Is Sold Out". Blue Ray. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Hell Is Sold Out". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
External links
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