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The Fallen Idol

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When Baines' wife is found murdered and Baines is implicated, Philippe, an impressionable young boy idolizes Baines, tries everything to point the investigation away from Baines but incriminates him instead in what was, in fact, an accidental death.

Genre:

Drama, Mystery

Actors:

Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey, Denis ODea, Jack Hawkins, Walter Fitzgerald, Dandy Nichols, Joan Young, Karel Stepanek, Gerard Heinz, ...»

Director:

Carol Reed

Country:

United Kingdom

Release:

1948

IMDb:

7.6

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Duration:

95 min

KEYWORDS:

#Carol Reed #Michèle Morgan #Ralph Richardson #Sonia Dresdel #The Fallen Idol

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ACTORS OF "The Fallen Idol"

Ralph Richardson

19 December 1902, Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Michèle Morgan

29 February 1920, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Sonia Dresdel

5 May 1909, Hornsea, Yorkshire, England, UK

Bobby Henrey

26 June 1939, Villers-sur-Mer, Calvados, France

Denis O'Dea

26 April 1905, Dublin, Ireland

Jack Hawkins

14 September 1910, Wood Green, London, England, UK

Walter Fitzgerald

18 May 1896, Keyhan, Derby, England, UK

Dandy Nichols

21 May 1907, Fulham, London, England, UK

Joan Young

1 February 1900, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Karel Stepanek

29 October 1899, Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Gerard Heinz

2 January 1904, Hamburg, Germany

Torin Thatcher

15 January 1905, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India

James Hayter

23 April 1907, Lonuvla, India

Geoffrey Keen

21 August 1916, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Bernard Lee

10 January 1908, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK

John Ruddock

20 May 1897, Lima, Peru

Hay Petrie

16 July 1895, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK

Dora Bryan

7 February 1923, Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK

George Woodbridge

16 February 1907, Exeter, Devon, England, UK

Robert Cawdron

29 December 1921, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Nora Gordon

November 29, 1893 in West Hartlepool, England, UK

DIRECTORS OF "The Fallen Idol"

Carol Reed

30 December 1906, Putney, London, England, UK

CREATORS OF "The Fallen Idol"

Graham Greene

2 October 1904, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

HEROES OF "The Fallen Idol"

Baines

Played by: Ralph Richardson

Julie

Played by: Michèle Morgan

Mrs. Baines

Played by: Sonia Dresdel

Phillipe

Played by: Bobby Henrey

Inspector Crowe

Played by: Denis O'Dea

Detective Ames

Played by: Jack Hawkins

Dr. Fenton

Played by: Walter Fitzgerald

Mrs. Patterson

Played by: Dandy Nichols

Mrs. Barrow

Played by: Joan Young

Ambassador

Played by: Gerard Heinz

Detective Hart

Played by: Bernard Lee

Rose

Played by: Dora Bryan

CRITICS OF "The Fallen Idol"

Sean Axmaker

... one of the great films of innocence lost and a powerful portrait of the powerlessness of children in the adult world, where they are so often ignored or discounted.

January 01, 2009

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Alan Scherstuhl

The Fallen Idol stands as one of the great films about looking, about perspective, about the way we watch and interpret not just film plots but each other.

May 25, 2016

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Gerald Peary

The Fallen Idol is one of the best achieved examples in cinema of seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

June 13, 2016

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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

An indelible portrait of childhood's confusions, disillusionments and inevitable lost innocence.

June 15, 2006

MFB Critics

The film is first-class entertainment.

February 16, 2016

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Matt Prigge

In some ways an even more brilliant contraption than "The Third Man," and with a third act that might be superior, too.

May 26, 2016

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Christopher Null

separates itself from what would otherwise be a rather rote drama/thriller.

November 14, 2006

Dennis Schwartz

It's a gripping mystery story involving adult secrets, childhood lies and betrayal as part of the human equation.

December 09, 2006

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Chris Vognar

It's a masterful and unsentimental child's-eye view of the cold, hard adult world.

June 29, 2006

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Steven Rea

The Fallen Idol finds innocence and inquisitiveness at odds with corruption, violence, desire, deceit - all the stuff that grown-ups trade in.

June 10, 2016

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Colin Covert

Masterful 1948 suspense thriller.

October 19, 2006

Michael Wilmington

As a portrait of the sometime destructiveness of innocence and as a sharp fresco of post-war Britain, this movie is a little masterpiece, an idol that has never fallen.

August 25, 2006

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