Latin Quarter | |
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Directed by | Vernon Sewell [1] |
Written by | Vernon Sewell |
Based on | play L'Angoisse by Pierre Mills C. Vylars |
Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
Starring | Derrick De Marney Joan Greenwood Beresford Egan |
Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Edited by | Lito Carruthers |
Music by | Allan Gray |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Anglo-American Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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In the Paris of 1893, sculptor Charles Garrie enters into an illicit relationship with the married Christine Minetti. Christine's husband Anton also a sculptor, and mentally unstable. Anton finds out about Christine's affair and soon after she vanishes without trace. Although the police consider Anton the prime suspect in being involved in his wife's disappearance, they can find no incriminating evidence, nor any lead as to her whereabouts, alive or dead.
Anton's mental deterioration gathers pace, and in due course he is arrested for the murder of his mistress and in this case there is no doubt of his guilt. He still refuses however to give any indication of what happened to Christine. Charles remains desperate to discover Christine's fate, and relates the whole story to a criminologist. A psychic is called in and a séance is held in Anton's studio, revealing that Christine has always been much closer to home than anyone could have realised.
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