Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax is a 1945 British drama film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Gordon Jackson. It is based on a play with the same name by Roland Pertwee. It was the first feature film Robert Hamer directed on his own.

Plot

The wife of a pub landlord in Victorian Brighton, who is having an affair, wants to rid herself of her abusive husband. To accomplish this she befriends a young man who works in his father's chemist shop and thus has access to poison.

Main cast

• Mervyn Johns as Edward Sutton
• Googie Withers as Pearl Bond
• Gordon Jackson as David Sutton
• Jean Ireland as Victoria Sutton
• Sally Ann Howes as Peggy Sutton
• Mary Merrall as Ellen Sutton
• David Walbridge as Nicholas Sutton
• Catherine Lacey as Miss Porter
• Garry Marsh as Joe Bond
• Maudie Edwards as Mrs. Webster
• Frederick Piper as Dr. Pepper
• Laura Simpson as the Waif

Release

The film premiered in London on 3 December 1945 at the Tivoli Cinema on The Strand and the Marble Arch Pavilion. The critic in The Times praised Googie Withers and Gordon Jackson for their roles, and concluded that Robert Hamer, "has made, in spite of occasional lapses and longueurs, a promising beginning as a director."

External links

• Pink String and Sealing Wax in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
• Pink String and Sealing Wax at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Pink String and Sealing Wax at the British Board of Film Classification
• Pink String and Sealing Wax at IMDb