Ann Todd
Madeleine Smith
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- 1950 · Docudrama · 1h 41m
Madeleine is a 1950 British film noir directed by David Lean, based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier. The trial was much publicised in the newspapers of the day and labelled "the trial of the century".
Madeleine is a film directed by David Lean, starring Ann Todd and Ivan Desny, about the trial of Madeleine Smith for the murder of her lover in Victorian Glasgow. The film is based on a play and a historical case, and features black and white photography and set designs by John Bryan.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- David Lean
- 1950-08-18
Madeleine Smith (Ann Todd), the beautiful eldest daughter of a wealthy Glasgow family, begins an illicit love affair with the charming Emile (Ivan Desny), a working-class Frenchman.
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- Ann Todd
- David Lean
- Cineguild
A crime drama directed by David Lean about a woman accused of murdering her lover. Watch the movie clip, view the cast and crew, and read the film details and reviews.
- David Lean
- Ann Todd
David Lean's 1950 film Madeleine is based on a true story, a notorious murder trial from 19th Century Scotland. Madeleine Smith (Ann Todd) is a young woman living with her well-to-do family, including her stern father (Leslie Banks), in Victorian Glasgow in the 1850s.
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Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man; they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman. It's the mid-nineteenth century in Glasgow.
A drama, crime, mystery film directed by David Lean and Stanley Haynes, based on a novel by Nicholas Phipps. It tells the story of a young woman who has a long-standing affair with a Frenchman and faces a jury trial for murder.
