Hatter's Castle (1942)
1h 42m
Running Time
February 2, 1942Release Date
Hatter's Castle (1942)
1h 42m
Running Time
February 2, 1942Release Date
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Plot.
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embraced with thick stone walls. The townsfolk nickname the fortress "Hatter's Castle", for James Brodie, the man who built it. Brodie is a hatter who keeps the members of the family in fear and submission; he is brutal, arrogant, selfish and cruel. His wife, who has long been ailing, and his daughter Mary, are in awe of him. His son Angus, aged 15, alone dear to his heart, suffers under his love as the others suffer under his sternness.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Newton
James Brodie
James Mason
Dr. Renwick
Deborah Kerr
Mary Brodie
Emlyn Williams
Dennis
Henry Oscar
Grierson
Lance Comfort
Director
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Nancy
A.J. Cronin
Writer
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Wiki.
Hatter's Castle is a 1942 British film noir based on the 1931 novel Hatter's Castle by A. J. Cronin, which dramatizes the ruin that befalls a Scottish hatter set on recapturing his imagined lost nobility. The film was made by Paramount British Pictures and stars Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, and Emlyn Williams. It is believed to be the only film that depicts the Tay Bridge disaster.It was shot at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director James A. Carter.