Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1948
Running Times: 96m (USA)/105m
Length: 2886 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Director: Terence Young

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Apollo Films Ltd/Carter-Romney Productions
Producer: Rudolph Cartier
Production Manager: Sam Lee

SCRIPT
Script: Rudolph Cartier, Edana Romney
Novel: Chris Massie

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: André Thomas

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Douglas Myers

MUSIC
Music: Georges Auric

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Jimmy Davie

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Gerry Fairbank
Hair: Luigi Mancini
Costume Designer: Hyde-Clarke
Costumes Executed By: Maggie Rouff

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Terence Verity

CAST

Eric Portman (Paul Mangin)
Edana Romney (Mifanwy Conway)
Barbara Mullen (Veronica)
Hugh Sinclair (Owen Rhys)
Bruce Belfrage (Sir David Conway)
Alan Wheatley (Edgar Orsen)
Joan Maude (Caroline Hart)
Leslie Weston (Mortimer)
Hugh Latimer (Bing)
John Penrose (Brand)
Christopher Lee (Charles)
Lois Maxwell (Imogene)
Mavis Villiers (Babs)
Thora Hird (old woman)

UNCREDITED CAST

Valentine Dyall (counsel for defence (uncredited))
Gordon McLeod (prosecutor (uncredited))
Noel Howlett (psychiatrist (uncredited))
Suzanne Gibbs (Gwendoline (uncredited)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal International Pictures
Video Distributor: World Video

1948
March
14: UK – theatrical release
24: USA – theatrical release

December
Day Unknown: Austria – theatrical release

1949
March
22: USA – theatrical release

1950
December
8: West Germany – theatrical release

1953
April
14: USA - television broadcast

1960
May
24: UK - television broadcast

1963
August
3: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)

1997
October
15: France – shown at the Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish and British Film

Extraña cita, La – Spanish title
Im Banne der Vergangenheit – Austrian/German title
Mistero degli specchi, Il – Italian title
Die Spiegelgalerie – Austrian title

PERIODICALS

Film Index no.30 (November 1974) p.112 (USA)
review

Films in Review vol.38 no.1 (January 1987) pp.38-40 (USA)
review

Kine Weekly no.2133 (18 March 1948) (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.15 no.172 (April 1948) p.45 (UK)
credits, review

Today's Cinema vol.70 no.5621 (12 March 1948) p.8 (UK)
review

BOOKS

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.75
credits

book into film, horror, obsession, paintings, strangulation

Last Updated: 26 December, 2009