Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

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).

Directed by: Robert Hamer

Starring: Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Garry Marsh, Jean Ireland, Sally Ann Howes

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