Shadow of the Past explained

Shadow of the Past
Director:	Mario Zampi
Producer:	Mae Murray (Associate producer)
Story:	Aldo De Benedetti
Music:	Stanley Black
Cinematography:	Hone Glendinning
Editing:	Giulio Zampi
Studio:	Mario Zampi Productions (as Anglofilm)
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures Corporation (UK)
Runtime:	83 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Shadow of the Past is a 1950 British crime film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Joyce Howard, Terence Morgan, and Michael Medwin.^[1] The screenplay involves a man who catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead.

Cast

• Joyce Howard as Lady in Black
• Terence Morgan as John Harding
• Michael Medwin as Dick Stevens
• Andrew Osborn as George Bentley
• Wylie Watson as Caretaker
• Marie Ney as Mrs. Bentley
• Ella Retford as Daily Help
• Ronald Adam as Solicitor
• Louise Gainsborough as Susie
• Ian Fleming as Doctor

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars and described it as a "modest murder mystery...Tightly paced with several highly tense sequences."^[2]

References

1. Web site: Shadow of the Past. https://web.archive.org/web/20090119030811/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50253. dead. 2009-01-19. BFI.
2. Web site: Shadow Of The Past. TV Guide.