It's an excellent film featuring strong performances from Kay Walsh as Charlotte, Margaret Lockwood portraying Freda Jeffries, and Kathleen Harrison playing Emmie, all caught up in the schemes of the deceptive and deadly Dirk Bogarde, who plays Edward Bare. Following the sudden death of his older, affluent wife (Mona Washbourne), he’s frustrated to discover from her dubious legal advisor, Philip Mortimer (Robert Flem…

The film evokes images of Bluebeard's chamber. Cast a Dark Shadow comes from Kewis Gilbert, with a screenplay by John Cresswell based on Janet Green’s play Murder Mistaken. The movie features Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison and Robert Flemyng; Antony Hopkins composed the music and Jack Asher handled the cinematography. Edward Bare (Bogarde) weds an older woman for financial gain, t…