Gaslight

Categories: Thriller, Crime, TV Movie
Jack Manningham tries to drive his wife Bella out of her mind with cunning heartlessness. He hides things he previously gave her for safekeeping, makes household items disappear only to find them in the most unlikely places, and puts words in Bella's mouth that she never said. All to convince her that, like her deceased mother, she is suffering from a split consciousness and delusions of persecution.Jack Manningham has his reasons. He doesn't want Bella to realize that he returns via mysterious paths over the rooftops to spend hours searching for treasure in the carefully locked upper floor. Fate has linked Jack to the old house since the day he committed a murder in it. The gas light, whose glow diminishes when a lamp is lit in the house and brightens when it is extinguished, puts Bella on the trail of the strange connections for the first time.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1960-09-15
Run time: 90 minute / 1:30
Director: Wilm ten Haaf
Production Company : BR
Production Country: Germany

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Margot Trooger
as Mrs. Bella Manningham
Dieter Borsche
as Mr. Jack Manningham
Hans Zesch-Ballot
as Rough, Kriminalkommissar
Christiane Maybach
as Nancy, Dienstmädchen
Else Quecke
as Elisabeth, Haushälterin
Writing
Patrick Hamilton Original Story

Directing
Wilm ten Haaf Director

Writing
Wilm ten Haaf Teleplay
Günter Bloecker Adaptation
Patrick Hamilton Theatre Play

Production
Franz Josef Wild Producer

Camera
Hans Egon Koch Director of Photography

Editing
Hilde Sessner Editor

Art
Peter Scharff Production Design

Camera
Richard Königer Camera Operator
Heinz Lindner Camera Operator
Erwin Tischler Camera Operator

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