The Monkey's Paw (1948 film)

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The Monkey's Paw
Directed by Norman Lee
Screenplay byNorman Lee
Based on The Monkey's Paw
by W.W. Jacobs
Produced by Ernest G. Roy
Starring Milton Rosmer
Michael Martin Harvey
Joan Seton
Megs Jenkins
Cinematography Bryan Langley
Edited by Inman Hunter
Music by Stanley Black
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 1 November 1948 (1948-11-01)
Running time
64 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Monkey's Paw is a 1948 British horror film directed by Norman Lee, who also wrote the screenplay, and starring Milton Rosmer, Michael Martin Harvey, Joan Seton and Megs Jenkins. [1] It is based on the 1902 story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs. The screenplay was written by Norman Lee and Barbara Toy. [2] It was produced by Ernest G. Roy. [3]

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Plot summary

A magic Monkey's Paw grants its owner three wishes before a disaster befalls them as punishment for tampering with fate.

Cast

Critical reception

The Spinning Image called it "a creaky diversion with stagey acting and an obvious lack of funds to open it out, yet the strength of Jacobs' yarn was such that it showed through even the most impoverished of tellings." [4] On his website Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings, Dave Sindelar commended the film for its character development and climax which he called "suitably tense and eerie". [5]

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References

  1. "The Monkey's Paw (1948)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  2. "The Monkey's Paw". TVGuide.com.
  3. "The Monkey's Paw (1948) - Norman Lee - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. "Monkey's Paw, The Review (1948)". thespinningimage.co.uk.
  5. Sindelar, Dave. "The Monkey's Paw (1948)". Fantastic Movie Musings.com. Dave Sindelar. Retrieved 14 August 2018.