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Libel is a 1959 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Robert Morley. The screenplay was by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg from a 1935 play of the same name by Edward Wooll.
Libel: Directed by Anthony Asquith. With Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie, Robert Morley. A shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Anthony Asquith
- 1960-02-25
A shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade. A Canadian commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden (Sir Dirk Bogarde) at his home.
Libel (1959) Loddon sues a newspaper for libel, setting in motion revelations of war, memory, trauma and deception. 97 IMDb 7.1 1 h 39 min 1959. X-Ray 13+.
- 99 min
Libel (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Something I've Forgotten Former P-O-W Sir Mark (Dirk Bogarde), who has big gaps in his memory of the war, losing his composure downstairs, spouse Lady Margaret (Olivia De Havilland) running to his rescue, a scene of foreboding from director Anthony Asquith's Libel, 1959.
- Anthony Asquith, David Middlemas
- Dirk Bogarde
Bogarde is an English barrister accused of being an imposter by a wartime buddy who has mistaken a look-alike they both knew in a POW camp as the man who has become Sir Mark Loddon. His understanding wife stands by him and encourages him to sue for libel but soon comes to have doubts of her own.
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A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.
- 100 min