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Black Orchid (Original title)
Date: 20 April 1953 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Charles Saunders

Synopsis: Story of a divorced doctor's implication in his ex-wife's murder, her death giving him freedom to marry her sister.

Genre:
Crime

Subjects:
Remarriage, Love triangle, Homicide
Releases
Date: 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 60 mins Length: 5408 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (12)
Production Company: Kenilworth Film Productions, Production Company: Mid-Century Film Productions, Producer: Robert S. Baker, Producer: Monty Berman, Screenplay: Francis Edge, Screenplay: John Temple-Smith, Director of Photography: Eric Cross, [Focus Puller]: Desmond Davis, Editor: Jack Slade, Art Director: Ray Simm, Music Director: John Lanchberry
Cast (8)
Ronald Howard (Dr. John Winnington), Olga Edwards (Christine), Mary Laura Wood (Sophie Winnington), John Bentley (Eric Blair), Sheila Burrell (Annette), Patrick Barr (Vincent Humphries), Mary Jones (Mrs Humphries), Russell Napier (Inspector Markham)