Cast a Dark Shadow

Cast a Dark Shadow is a 1955 British suspense film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The blackandwhite film was based on the play Murder Mistaken by Janet Green. The story concerns a young serial wifemurderer, played by Dirk Bogarde.

To his chagrin, he discovers that she actually intended to leave him all her money instead, he only inherits the mansion from a prior will, while her millions are left in trust to her only relative, her sister Dora. Edward will receive the money if Dora dies. An inquest rules it an accident, but Phillip makes it clear he suspects Edward. When Edward asks where Dora lives, Phillip tells him she is too far away, in Jamaica.Edward manages to marry lowerclass but welloff widow Freda Jeffries Margaret Lockwood, who is closer to her husbands age, and much less trusting than her predecessor, keeping tight control over her fortune. As the death of a second spouse so soon after the first would be highly suspicious, he is powerless to do anything. Edward becomes acquainted with Charlotte Young Kay Walsh, who is looking for a house to purchase for an equestrian school. As Edward was an estate agent before he married Monica, he shows her around, making Freda jealous. ........

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