Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London. Based on the play The Cellist, by Marion Hart.
Acting
Davis elevates every scene she's in—obviously.
Writing
Stage origins show in crackling three-way tension.
Director
Franklin Gollings
Bette Davis
Wanda Fleming
Michael Redgrave
James Wallraven
Alexis Kanner
Mickey Hollister
Kay Walsh
Mrs. Brent
Leo Genn
Dr. Norman
Olga Georges-Picot
Claudia
Richard Wyler
Dick Grayson
Gabrielle Drake
Jean
Brian Wilde
Ellerman
John Woodnutt
Doctor
Mark Jones
Johnny
David Simeon
Post Office Clerk
James Maxwell
Principal of Art College
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Marion Hart's play The Cellist, which ran briefly in London in 1966. The film kept the claustrophobic single-location tension.
This was part of Davis's 'British horror' phase—aging Hollywood legends doing grim UK psychodramas for paychecks and respectability.
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