Charade (1953 film)

Charade
Directed by	Roy Kellino
Written by	James Mason Pamela Mason Scott Forbes & Bruce Lester
Based on	Duel at Dawn by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by	James Mason
Starring	James Mason Pamela Mason
Cinematography	Ernest Miller Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by	Maurice Wright
Production company	Portland Pictures
Distributed by	Monarch Film Corporation (UK)
Release date	1953 (1953)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Charade is a 1953 black and white American anthology film directed by Roy Kellino. ^[1] It consists of a trio of short stories introduced by and starring James Mason and his wife Pamela. ^{[2] [3]}

Plot

In "Portrait of a Murderer," a cynical young artist absentmindedly sketches her neighbour who, unbeknownst to her, is a murderer. In "Duel at Dawn," in 1880s Austria, two officers fight a duel for the love of a Baroness. In "The Midas Touch," Jonah Watson, a successful businessman in New York, is dissatisfied with his life, and moves to England to start again. Working as a servant, he falls in love with Lilly, a Cockney maid who dreams of bettering herself.

Cast

• James Mason as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
• Pamela Mason as The Artist / Pamela / Baroness Tanslan / Lilly
• Scott Forbes as Capt. Stamm
• Paul Cavanagh as Col. Heisler
• Bruce Lester as Capt. van Buren
• John Dodsworth as Lt. Meyerdorf
• Judy Osborne as Dotty
• Sean McClory as Jack Stuydevant
• Vince Barnett as Berg

References

1. "Charade (1953)". Archived from the original on February 27, 2017.
2. "Charade (1953) - Roy Kellino - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
3. Group, Gale; Craddock, Jim (August 2000). Video Hounds Golden Movie Retrievee: The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette, DVD and Laserdisc. Visible Ink Press. p. 195. ISBN   978-1-57859-120-6.{{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

External links

• Charade at IMDb
• Charade at the TCM Movie Database
• Charade is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive