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The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

1948, Movie, 1h 36min

A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.

Country: United Kingdom

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Kasper Løvborg

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9

Flawless thriller. The scene with the dart is one of many suspense highlights. In a highly original way, the perspective of young Phillippe is kept throughout. There's something uncanny about the way Reed manages to tell Greene's story s...

4 years ago

Critic David Parkinson

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8

...The Fallen Idol remains one of the greatest (nearly) forgotten masterpieces of post-war British cinema.

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