The Long Dark Hall

1951
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer in The Long Dark Hall (1951)

Crime Drama

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.

Directors
- Reginald Beck
- Anthony Bushell
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Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

521

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Reginald Beck
- Anthony Bushell
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Theatrical movie debut of William Squire (Sergeant Cochran).

Goofs
The penknife has the words NE Steel and Chief Insp. Sullivan says the penknife was made at a factory called North England Steel Works, but the painted sign of the factory has North England Iron Works.

Quotes
Leslie Scott: What do you think?
Pound: 6 to 4 an acquittal.
Leslie Scott: Why?
Pound: Circumstantial evidence old boy. Juries won't have it. They don't like it and they don't trust it.

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6/10

Story within a story crime drama

The Long Dark Hall is a crime drama starring Rex Harrison and his real- life wife (at the time), Lilli Palmer, who in the film, play husband and wife, Arthur and Mary Groome.

This seems to be a story within a story as told by a newspaper reporter to a crime novelist. But, the internal story is the one that I focused on throughout the movie.

In this story, Arthur and Mary Groome appear to be a happily married couple who live in Richmond with two young daughters. However, when a London showgirl is found dead on a night that Arthur visited her—which he admitted to everyone that he often did--he is accused of her murder. Yet, he claimed he did not kill her, and his wife, Mary, totally believes him.

His accusation and trial for her murder is based on a ton of circumstantial evidence, including his knife at the scene, witnesses, and her blood on his suit (which he admits, he in the trial, that he burned because it couldn't be dry cleaned)....