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The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol – Criterion OOP

1948
none
PG-13
715515020527
based on book or play | drama | thriller
UK | English | Black & White | 01:35

The Fallen Idol was the first of three masterpieces to result from the legendary meeting of director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene, who together would also create The Third Man and Our Man in Havana. Elegantly balancing suspense and farce, this tale of the fraught relationship between a boy and the beloved butler he suspects of murder is a delightfully macabre thriller of the first order and a visually and verbally dazzling knockout.

Based on Graham Greene's story The Basement Room.


Cast View all

Ralph Richardson Baines
Michèle Morgan Julie
Sonia Dresdel Mrs. Baines
Bobby Henrey Phillipe
Denis O'Dea Inspector Crowe
Jack Hawkins Detective Ames
Walter Fitzgerald Dr. Fenton
Dandy Nichols Mrs. Patterson
Joan Young Mrs. Barrow
Karel Stepanek First Secretary
Gerard Heinz Ambassador
Torin Thatcher Policeman
James Hayter Perry
Geoffrey Keen Detective Davis
Bernard Lee Detective Hart
John Ruddock Dr. Wilson
Hay Petrie Clock Winder
Dora Bryan Rose
George Woodbridge Police Sergeant
Robert Cawdron Policeman
Ethel Coleridge Housekeeper
Nora Gordon Waitress
Ralph Norman Policeman
James Swan Policeman

Trailer

Edition details

Edition Criterion
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Standard (1.33:1)
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles English
Distributor Criterion
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Nov 07, 2006