Summary
Dark Secret is a British crime film first released in 1949,
directed by Maclean Rogers.
The film is based on a novel by Mordaunt Shairp and stars Dinah Sheridan, Emrys Jones, Irene Handl, Hugh Pryse and Barbara Couper.
Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.
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Credits
- Director: Maclean Rogers
- Script: Moie Charles, A.R. Rawlinson, Mordaunt Shairp (novel)
- Photo: Walter J. Harvey
- Music: George Melachrino
- Cast: Dinah Sheridan (Valerie Merryman), Emrys Jones (Chris Merryman), Irene Handl (’Woody’ Woodman), Hugh Pryse (A Very Late Visitor), Barbara Couper (Mrs. Barrington), Percy Marmont (Vicar), Geoffrey Sumner (Jack Farrell), Mackenzie Ward (Artist), Charles Hawtrey (Arthur Figson), John Salew (Mr. Barrington), George Merritt (Mr. Lumley), Stanley Vilven (Mr. Woodman), Grace Arnold, Esme Beringer, Edgar Driver, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Laurence Naismith, Terry Randall, Johnnie Schofield
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 85 min; B&W
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