Shadow of the Past

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Shadow of the Past
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Directed by Mario Zampi
Written by
Story byAldo De Benedetti
Produced byMae Murray (Associate producer)
Starring
Cinematography Hone Glendinning
Edited byGiulio Zampi
Music by Stanley Black
Production
company
Mario Zampi Productions (as Anglofilm)
Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • 4 September 1950 (1950-09-04)(UK)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Shadow of the Past is a 1950 British crime film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Joyce Howard, Terence Morgan, and Michael Medwin. [1] The screenplay involves a man who catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead.

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Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars and described it as a "modest murder mystery...Tightly paced with several highly tense sequences." [2]

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References

  1. "Shadow of the Past". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009.
  2. "Shadow Of The Past". TV Guide.