Gaslight (1944)
- Starring:
- Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Cukor
Synopsis of Gaslight
Ingrid Bergman won her first of three Oscars for this suspense thriller, crafted with surprising tautness by normally genteel "women's picture" director George Cukor. Bergman stars as Paula Alquist, a late 19th century English singer studying music in Italy. However, Paula abandons her studies because she's fallen in love with dapper, handsome Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer). The couple marries and returns to the U.K. and a home inherited by Paula from her aunt, herself a famous singer, who was mysteriously murdered in the house ten years before. Once they have moved in, Gregory, who is in reality a jewel thief and the murderer of Paula's aunt, launches a campaign of terror designed to drive his new bride insane. Though Paula is certain that she sees the house's gaslights dim every evening and that there are strange noises coming from the attic, Gregory convinces Paula that she's imagining things. Gregory's efforts to make Paula unstable are aided by an impertinent maid, Nancy (teenager Angela Lansbury in her feature film debut). Meanwhile, a Scotland Yard inspector, Brian Cameron (Joseph Cotten), becomes suspicious of Gregory and sympathetic to Paula's plight. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Complete Cast of Gaslight
- Charles Boyer - Gregory Anton
- Joseph Cotten - Brian Cameron
- Angela Lansbury - Nancy Oliver
- Barbara Everest - Elizabeth Tompkins
- Edmund Breon - Gen. Huddleston
- Tom Stevenson - Williams
- Lawrence Grossmith - Lord Dalroy
- Wilson Benge - Bit part
- Harry Adams - Policeman
- Morgan Wallace - Fred Garrett
- Eustace Wyatt - Budge
- Eric Wilton - Valet
- Leila Bennett - Edna Hooper
- Arthur Blake - Butler
- Helen Flint - Franchette
- Guy Zanette - Bit part
- Charles McNaughton - Wilkins
- Edwin Maxwell - Vickery
- Gibson Gowland - Servant
- Clive Morgan - Bit part
- George Nokes - Bit part
- Ingrid Bergman - Paula Alquist
- Dame May Whitty - Miss Thwaites
- Terry Moore - Paula, age 14
- Emil Rameau - Maestro Guardi
- Halliwell Hobbes - Mr. Mufflin
- Heather Thatcher - Lady Dalroy
- Jacob Gimpel - Pianist
- Elsa Prescott - Bit part
- Leonard Carey - Guide
- Pat Malone - Policeman
- Arthur Stone - Durkin
- Joy Harrington - Miss Pritchard
- Al Ferguson - Bit part
- Bobby Hale - Lamplighter
- Lillian Bronson - Lady
- Sid Saylor - Baggage Clerk
- Alec Craig - Turnkey
- Arnold Bennett - Footman
- Si Jenks - Uncle Billy
- Maude Fealy - Bit part
- Director(s):
- George Cukor
- Writer(s):
- Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston, John van Druten
- Producer(s):
- Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
- 1944 - Film Daily - 10 Best Films
- 1944 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Actress
- 1944 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
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