Underplayed Gems

Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

Pink String and Sealing Wax poster
Directed by
Robert Hamer
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Victorian era pharmacist's family is disrupted when his wife discovers his extra-marital affair with a local woman. Her desire for freedom and a new life leads to blackmail and murder.

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What happens

Pink String and Sealing Wax is a 1945 British drama film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Mervyn Johns. It was written by Diana Morgan and Hamer based on the play with the same title by Roland Pertwee. It was the first feature film Robert Hamer directed on his own. The title derives from the practice of pharmacists in the Victorian and Edwardian age of wrapping drugs in a package sealed with pink string and sealing wax to show the package had not been tampered with. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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