Bedelia (film)

Bedelia is a 1946 British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter and Barry K. Barnes. It is an adaptation of the novel Bedelia by Vera Caspary with events moved from the United States to England and Monaco.

The movie was the first released in America by Rank under its new agreement with Eagle Lion Films. Rank hoped it would be a success, but it only grossed 350,000.In terms of the critics, TV Guide noted, Margaret Lockwood appears in one of her best villainous roles, played this time with subtlety while Leonard Maltin called the film absorbing but not terribly suspenseful The New York Times described it as pretty much of a disappointment and Noir of the Week wrote, Laura is often identified as one of the alltime great noir films...but in many ways, Bedelia is the better, more complex, and subversive film. ........

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