Adel verpflichtet (1949)
Schwarze britische Komödie aus dem Jahr 1949. Der mittellose Louis Mazzini will aus Rache an das Erbe seiner reichen und unfreundlichen Verwandten. Dazu muss er aber erst acht von ihnen aus dem Weg räumen. Als er am Ziel ist, wird er festgenommen - für einen Mord den er nicht begangen hat. Alle acht Opfer wurden von Alec Guinness gespielt.
Der Regisseur:
Robert Hamer
Die Autor:
Robert Hamer, John Dighton.
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Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini / His Father |
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Alec Guinness as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha |
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Joan Greenwood as Sibella |
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Valerie Hobson as Edith D'Ascoyne |
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Audrey Fildes as Mama |
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Miles Malleson as The Hangman |
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Clive Morton as The Prison Governor |
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John Penrose as Lionel Holland |
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Cecil Ramage as Crown Counsel |
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Hugh Griffith as Lord High Steward |
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John Salew as Mr. Perkins |
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Eric Messiter as Inspector Burgoyne |
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Lyn Evans as The Farmer |
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Barbara Leake as The Schoolmistress |
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Peggy Ann Clifford as Maud Redpole |
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Anne Valery as The Girl in the Punt |
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Arthur Lowe as The Reporter |
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Peter Gawthorne as First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited) |
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Molly Hamley-Clifford as Lady Redpole (uncredited) |
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Leslie Handford as Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited) |
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Cavan Malone as Young Graham (uncredited) |
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Jeremy Spenser as Young Louis (uncredited) |
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Carol White as Young Sibella (uncredited) |
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Laurence Naismith as Warder in Jail (uncredited) |
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Gordon Phillott as Clerk of Parliament (uncredited) |
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Richard Wattis as Defence Counsel (uncredited) |
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Harold Young as Captain (uncredited) |
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Stanley Beard as Warder (uncredited) |
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Norman Fisher as Member of D'Ascoyne Household (uncredited) |
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Maxwell Foster as Warder (uncredited) |
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Fletcher Lightfoot as Peer of the Realm (uncredited) |
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Harry Phipps as Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Miles Silverton as Lord (uncredited) |
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Ivan Staff as Valuer (uncredited) |
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George Wilson as Lord (uncredited) |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Writing | Roy Horniman | Novel |
| Editing | Peter Tanner | Editor |
| Camera | Douglas Slocombe | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Robert Hamer | Director |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Robert Hamer | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Dighton | Screenplay |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Michael Relph | Associate Producer |
| Production | Leigh Aman | Unit Production Manager |
| Editing | John Jympson | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Norman Priggen | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Frampton | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Jeff Seaholme | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pearl Orton | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernest Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Art | William Kellner | Art Direction |
| Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
| Editing | Roy Baker | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Bert Davey | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Barnard | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Seth Holt | Editorial Services |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Director |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
| Directing | Phyllis Crocker | Continuity |
| Sound | John W. Mitchell | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Nancy Mitford | Additional Writing |
| Production | Margaret Harper Nelson | Casting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daphne Martin | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Directing | John Hewlett | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | David W. Orton | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Grace Bryan-Brown | Draughtsman |
| Art | Norman Dorme | Draughtsman |
| Art | Roger Hopkin | Draughtsman |
| Art | Jack Shampan | Draughtsman |
| Sound | Norman King | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Peter Musgrave | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gordon Stone | ADR & Dubbing |
| Camera | Jack Dooley | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Arthur Lemming | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bob Penn | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Ken Westbury | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Hugh Wilson | Focus Puller |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Crutchley | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Foster | Wardrobe Master |
| Crew | J. Arthur Rank | Presenter |