Madeleine (1950)
February 16, 1950Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ann Todd
Madeleine Smith
Norman Wooland
William Minnoch
Ivan Desny
Émile L'Angelier
Ivan Desny
Émile L'Angelier
Leslie Banks
James Smith
André Morell
Defense Attorney
Edward Chapman
Dr. Thompson
Barbara Everest
Mrs. Smith
Susan Stranks
Janet Smith
Elizabeth Sellars
Christina Hackett
Jean Cadell
Mrs. Jenkins
Eugene Deckers
Thuau
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Murdoch
Patricia Rainier
Bessie Smith
Barry Jones
Prosecuting Attorney
Patricia Raine
Bessie Smith
David Lean
Director
Irene Browne
Mrs. Grant
Stanley Haynes
Writer
Kynaston Reeves
Dr. Penny
Nicholas Phipps
Writer
John Laurie
Scots Divine
Douglas Barr
William Murray, the Boot Boy
William Alwyn
Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 16, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsEdinburgh · Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom
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Madeleine is a 1950 British film noir directed by David Lean, based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier. The trial was much publicised in the newspapers of the day and labelled "the trial of the century". Lean's adaptation of the story starred his wife, Ann Todd, with Ivan Desny as her character's French lover. Norman Wooland played the respectable suitor and Leslie Banks the authoritarian father, both of whom are unaware of Madeleine's secret life. Lean made the film primarily as a "wedding present" to Todd, who had previously played the role onstage. He was never satisfied with the film and cited it as his least favourite feature-length movie.