Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

6.2/10 89 min Thriller Drama Crime

Overview

In Victorian Brighton, a 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

Mervyn Johns

Edward Sutton

Googie Withers

Pearl Bond

Gordon Jackson

David Sutton

Garry Marsh

Joe Bond

Sally Ann Howes

Peggy Sutton

Mary Merrall

Ellen Sutton

Catherine Lacey

Miss Porter

Frederick Piper

Dr. Pepper

Maudie Edwards

Mrs. Webster

Helen Goss

Maudie

Don Stannard

John Bevan

Ronald Adam

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