Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

Director: Robert Hamer

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).

Cast

Mervyn Johns

Edward Sutton

Googie Withers

Pearl Bond

Gordon Jackson

David Sutton

Garry Marsh

Joe Bond

Jean Ireland

Victoria Sutton

Sally Ann Howes

Peggy Sutton

Mary Merrall

Ellen Sutton

Catherine Lacey

Miss Porter

Frederick Piper

Dr. Pepper

Colin Simpson

James Sutton