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Overview
Release Date:
8 July 1958 (USA) moreTagline:
They Can't Kiss Away Their ConsciencePlot:
An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail and murder. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Call this British noir moreUS TV Schedule:
| Fri. May 16 | 8:00 AM | TCM |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Hawkins | ... | Oliver Branwell |
| Arlene Dahl | ... | Sarah Moreton Branwell |
| Dennis Price | ... | Tracey Moreton |
| Violet Farebrother | ... | Mrs. Moreton |
| Ian Hunter | ... | Clive Fisher |
| Malcolm Keen | ... | Old Abercrombie |
| Geoffrey Keen | ... | Michael Abercrombie aka Young Abercrombie |
| Patrick Holt | ... | Fred Connor |
| John Robinson | ... | Berkeley Reckitt |
 | Michael Goodliffe | ... | Detective Insp. Barnes |
| Martin Lane | ... | Det. Constable Watson |
| Bernard Miles | ... | Mr. Jerome |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Charles Highbury |
| Greta Gynt | ... | Vere Litchen |
| John Phillips | ... | Willis Croft |
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Also Known As:
She Played with Fire (USA)Am seidenen Faden (West Germany) [de]
Hun legede med ilden (Denmark) [da]
Indagine pericolosa (Italy) [it]
Manoir du mystère, Le (France) [fr]
Murhapoltto? (Finland) [fi]
Natten det brann (Sweden) [sv]
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95 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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Thank God for Turner Classic Movies! You'd never see this in "The States" otherwise.
Hawkins and Dahl (though both obviously older than the ages their roles call for) are great: He as a man caught in an ever-tightening noose by a series of very believable coincidences; She as the old flame who ignites emotions which lead him astray.
Scenes in the manor are well-thought-out and very suspenseful. The lighting even adjusts as the moon slips between the clouds!
The plot will keep you guessing when you think you know the score.
2 quibbles (which clarify themselves after viewing, but give nothing away here and now):
1) USA release is titled "She Played With Fire". They shoulda called it: "HE Played With Fire".
2) It doesn't end the way it begins. You'll see what I mean when you watch.
And, by all means, do!