The Blind Goddess
Year:
1948
Production Country:
Great Britain
The private secretary to Lord Brasted learns from a friend that his employer, an administrator of an International Relief organisation, has been converting funds to his private use. After many vicissitudes the secretary manages to expose his employer.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Sir John Dearing K.C. Eric Portman
- Lady Helen Brasted Anne Crawford
- Lord Arthur Brasted Hugh Williams
- Derek Waterhouse Michael Denison
- Lady Dearing Nora Swinburne
- Frank Mainwaring K.C. Raymond Lovell
- Mary Dearing Claire Bloom
- the judge Frank Cellier
- Mersel Clive Morton
- Daphne Dearing Elspet Gray
- Johnson, Lady Brasted's butler Maurice Denham
- Morton, Dearings' butler Cecil Bevan
- Dearing's junior John Stone
- Mainwaring's junior Philip Saville
- Count Stephan Mikla Martin Benson
- policeman in park Cyril Chamberlain
- Derek's charwoman Thora Hird
- Helen Rosemary Tresten
- Mario, waiter at the Savoy Martin Miller
- Bertoni Marcel Poncin
- Johan Meyer, Count Mikla's valet Carl Jaffe
- foreman of the jury Geoffrey Denton
- usher Noel Howlett
- themselves Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans
- [jury woman] Grace Allardyce
- [2nd jury woman] Joan Ingham
- [clerk of the court] Reginald White
- [newspaper seller] Wally Bosco
Credits
Direction
- Director Harold French
- Assistant Director Alf Keating
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Hal Griver
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Bert Batt
- [Continuity] June Randall
- [Assistant Continuity] Helen Littledale
Production
- ©/Production Company Gainsborough Pictures
- Executive Producer Betty E. Box
- Presents J. Arthur Rank
- Producer Harold French
- In Charge of Production Sydney Box
- Production Controller Fred Gunn
- [Production Secretary] Audrey Monk
- Studio Gainsborough Studios
Writing
- Screenplay Muriel Box
- Screenplay Sydney Box
- Based on the stage play by Patrick Hastings
Photography
- Director of Photography Ray Elton
- [Prague Montage Sequence Photography] Jack Asher
- Cameraman Dudley Lovell
- [Focus Puller] Manny Yospa
- [Clapper Loader] Alan Gatward
- [Clapper Loader] John Bishop
Stills
- [Stills] Cedric Haine
- [Floor Stills] Frank Bellingham
Editing
- Editor Gordon Hales
- [Assistant Editor] Geoffrey Botterill
- [Assistant Editor (2nd)] Terry Poulton
Design
- Art Director Norman Arnold
- [Draughtsman] Ernest Archer
- [Draughtsman] Frank White
Costumes
- Wardrobe Supervisor Yvonne Caffin
- [Wardrobe Mistress] Mrs Wootten
Make-up
- Make-up Len Garde
- [Assistant Make-up] Gene Beck
- [Hairdresser] Ivy Emmerton
Music
- Music Bernard Grun
- Music Played by London Philharmonia Orchestra
- Music Director John Hollingsworth
Sound
- Director of Sound B.C. Sewell
- Recordist M. Hobbs
- [Sound Maintenance] Frank Sloggett
- [Sound Camera Operator] Mickey Jay
- [Boom Operator] Eric Reed
- [Boom Assistant] W. Holland
- [Dubbing Crew] H.L. Bird
- [Dubbing Crew] F. Davidson
Publicity
- [Publicity] Betty Callaghan