The Man in Grey (1943)
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66% of users liked it
(143 ratings)
A set of flashbacks to 19th century London provide the action in this British wartime film, in which a wealthy girl (Phyllis Calvert) becomes friends with a young waif (Margaret Lockwood) while at school. The waif later becomes a governess for the girl, but betrays their relationship by having an… More A set of flashbacks to 19th century London provide the action in this British wartime film, in which a wealthy girl (Phyllis Calvert) becomes friends with a young waif (Margaret Lockwood) while at school. The waif later becomes a governess for the girl, but betrays their relationship by having an affair with her friend's husband (James Mason). The Man in Grey did exceptionally well in England at the time of its release, and later spawned a cavalcade of similar movies. ~ John Bush, Rovi
- Directed By
- Leslie Arliss
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 29, 1945 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Sarah Boslaugh, PopMatters
...the audience could be titillated by all the evil doings on screen and still leave the theatre reassured that all is right with the world.
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Jordan Cronk, Slant Magazine
Gainsborough Pictures would, for about a three-year stretch in the mid-1940s, take the melodrama to heights yet untouched with a series of audacious, preposterous tales of treachery and deceit.
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Cast
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Phyllis Calvert
as Clarissa Rohan
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Margaret Lockwood
as Hesther Snow
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James Mason
as Marquis of Rohan
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Stewart Granger
as Peter Rokeby
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Raymond Lovell
as Prince Regent
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Martita Hunt
as Miss Patchett
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Kathleen Boutall
as Amelia
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James B. Carson
as Gervaise
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Roy Emerton
as Gamekeeper
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Helen Haye
as Lady Rohan
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Diana King
as Jane Seymour
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Stuart Lindsell
as Lawrence
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A.E. Matthews
as Auctioneer
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Nora Swinburne
as Mrs. Fitzherbert
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Beatrice Varley
as Gipsy
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Amy Veness
as Mrs. Armstrong
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Ann Wilton
as Miss Edge
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Patric Curwen
as Doctor
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Drusilla Wills
as Cook
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Jane Gill Davies
as Lady Marr
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Lola Hunt
as Nurse
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Glyn Rowland
as Lord Mildmay
