Pink String and Sealing Wax

Robert Hamer
1945-11-22


6
89 min

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).

Cast

Name Character Team
Mervyn Johns Edward Sutton Unowned
Googie Withers Pearl Bond Unowned
Gordon Jackson David Sutton Unowned
Garry Marsh Joe Bond Unowned
Jean Ireland Victoria Sutton Unowned
Sally Ann Howes Peggy Sutton Unowned
Mary Merrall Ellen Sutton Unowned
Catherine Lacey Miss Porter Unowned
Frederick Piper Dr. Pepper Unowned
Colin Simpson James Sutton Unowned
David Walbridge Nicholas Sutton Unowned
John Carol Dan Powell Unowned
Pauline Letts Louise Unowned
Maudie Edwards Mrs. Webster Unowned
Helen Goss Maudie Unowned
Don Stannard John Bevan Unowned
John Owers Unowned
Margaret Ritchie Unowned
John Ruddock Unowned
Ronald Adam Unowned
Charles Carson Unowned
Valentine Dyall Unowned
David Keir Unowned