- Libel (film)
Infobox Film
name = Libel
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director =Anthony Asquith
producer =Anatole de Grunwald
writer =Edward Wooll (play)Anatole de Grunwald Karl Tunberg
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starring =Dirk Bogarde Olivia de Havilland Paul Massie Robert Morley Wilfrid Hyde-White
music =Benjamin Frankel
cinematography =Robert Krasker
editing = Frank Clarke
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released =October 23 1959
runtime = 100 mins
country =United Kingdom
language = English
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amg_id = 1:99467
imdb_id = 0053003"Libel" is a 1959 British
drama film which starsOlivia de Havilland ,Dirk Bogarde ,Paul Massie ,Wilfrid Hyde-White andRobert Morley . The film's screenplay was written byAnatole de Grunwald andKarl Tunberg from a play of the same name byEdward Wooll , ["Libel" by Edward Wooll played on Broadway for 159 performances in 1935-1936. IBDB [http://ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12045 "Libel"] ] and it was directed byAnthony Asquith .Plot
While traveling in London, Jeffrey Buckenham (Massie), a Canadian
Second World War veteran, sees Sir Mark Sebastian Loddon (Bogarde) on television leading a tour of his grand family home. Buckingham was held in a German POW camp with Loddon, and while watching him, becomes convinced that he is in fact another former POW, Frank Wellney, an actor (also played by Bogarde). Buckenham publicly announces his suspicion that Welney murdered Loddon during an escape from the POW camp, and has taken the young nobleman's place. Loddon sues Buckenham for libel, but his mind is still battered by some terrible incident that occurred during his escape fifteen years before, and in time even his loyal wife (deHavilland) begins to doubt him.Notes
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