Cast a Dark Shadow
“No woman could resist his sinister charm!”
1955 · 1 h 22 min
Lewis GilbertCast
Dirk Bogarde 
Margaret Lockwood 
Kay Walsh 
Kathleen Harrison 
Robert Flemyng 
Mona Washbourne
Credits
Written by: 
Janet Green
Plot
A ruthless schemer kills his wealthy wife and marries a pub landlady for her money.
Sinekatalog’s take
Lewis Gilbert's thriller, with Dirk Bogarde and Margaret Lockwood, is sly and sinister.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (3,921 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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