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Gaslight is a 1944 American film noir and drama directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was written by John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston, and Patrick Hamilton, based on the play Gas Light. Produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film stars Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, and May Whitty. It was shot in English and set in London, with cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg and editing by Ralph E. Winters.
The narrative follows a newlywed who fears she is going mad when strange events occur at a family mansion. The film has a runtime of 114 minutes and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Netflix, and iTunes. It received a Metascore of 78 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%.
Gaslight was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.
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Film · TMDB
7.5A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Cast
- Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton
- Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist
- Joseph Cotten as Brian Cameron
- May Whitty as Miss Thwaites
- Angela Lansbury as Nancy
- Barbara Everest as Elizabeth
Themes
- scotland yard
- manipulation
- victorian england
- psychological abuse
- murder
- psychological thriller
- nervous breakdown
- older husband
- driven mad
- abusive husband
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
36,259 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
78/100
- Year
- 1944
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 10 wins & 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Cukor
- Screenplay by
- John Van Druten Walter Reisch John L. Balderston
- Based on
- Gas Light , 1938 play, by Patrick Hamilton
- Produced by
- Arthur Hornblow Jr.
- Starring
- Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten May Whitty Angela Lansbury
- Cinematography
- Joseph Ruttenberg
- Edited by
- Ralph E. Winters
- Music by
- Bronisław Kaper
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributed by
- Loew's, Inc.
- Release date
- May 4, 1944 ( 1944-05-04 )
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $4.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaslight is a 1944 American psychological thriller film directed by George Cukor, and starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten and Angela Lansbury in her film debut. Adapted by John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, and John L. Balderston from Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light (1938), it follows a young woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is descending into insanity.
This is a remake of the 1940 British film Gaslight directed by Thorold Dickinson. It has a larger scale and budget, and lends a different ambiance to the material. To avoid confusion with the first film, Cukor's version was originally titled The Murder in Thornton Square in the UK. The film features numerous deviations from the original stage play, though the central drama remains that of a husband trying to drive his wife insane in order to distract her from his criminal activities.
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