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The Picture of Dorian Gray
A marvellous cast brings bite to Albert Lewin’s sensitive, elegant and witty account of Wilde’s Faustian fable.
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Director
Albert Lewin
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With
Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed
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USA 1945. 110min
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Digital
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Certificate
PG
Lewin’s typically sensitive version of Wilde’s fable about a young Victorian aristocrat who forfeits his soul to retain his youth offers an elegant, witty, insightful study of the process of corruption. Terrific performances from Hatfield, Lansbury and – perhaps most memorably – Sanders as the cynically hedonistic Lord Henry. The script, sets, cinematography and sense of period make for a vivid picture of Victorian society.
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