Directed by:
Michael AndersonCinematography:
Jack AsherComposer:
Hans MayCast:
Mai Zetterling, Herbert Lom, Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, Kathleen Byron, Laurence Naismith, Joan Hickson, Zena Marshall, Eric Pohlmann (more)Plots(1)
Dominic Danges (Herbert Lom) is a famous French novelist who is missing and presumed dead during the Second World War. But Danges along with his fellow internee, Pierre Bonnet (Richard Attenborough) were captured by the Germans. Arriving in France after their repatriation, Danges discovers that his new novel, Hell is Sold Out, is a best seller. But Danges knows nothing of the book because a fan he has never met, Valerie Martin (Mai Zetterling), has written the book and passed herself off as the famous French author. As if that wasn’t enough, when Danges returns to his family home he finds Valerie acting the role of his grieving widow! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mai Zetterling
Sweden
Best movies:
Torment (1944)
Only Two Can Play (1962)
Knock on Wood (1954)
Herbert Lom
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Treasure of Silver Lake (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Spartacus (1960)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
Hermione Baddeley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Kathleen Byron
UK
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
Laurence Naismith
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Joan Hickson
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Zena Marshall
Kenya
Best movies:
Eric Pohlmann
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Third Man (1949)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Olaf Pooley
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Mara Lane
Austria
Best movies:
Innocents in Paris (1953)
Monpti (1957)
American Night (2021)
Ronald Adam
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Sam Kydd
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Ivor Barnard
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Hal Osmond
UK
Best movies:
The Million Pound Note (1954)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The Magic Box (1951)
Nicholas Hannen
UK
Best movies:
George Margo
USA
Best movies:
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Circle of Danger (1951)
Captain Apache (1971)
Oscar Quitak
UK
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Brazil (1985)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Joan Young
UK
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Magic Box (1951)
Geoffrey Toone
Ireland
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Le Roi et moi (1956)