Directed by:
Carol ReedScreenplay:
Graham GreeneComposer:
William AlwynCast:
Bobby Henrey, Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Jack Hawkins, Karel Štěpánek, Geoffrey Keen, Bernard Lee, Hay Petrie, Denis O'Dea (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Carol Reed's award-winning adaptation of Graham Greene's short story told primarily from a child's perspective. Philippe (Bobby Henrey) is the young son of a diplomat and he idolises Baines (Ralph Richardson), his father's butler. When Baines' wife is found murdered and Baines is implicated, Philippe tries everything to point the investigation away from the butler. In doing so he makes matters worse and also discovers that his hero is not the man he thought he was. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Bobby Henrey
France
Best movies:
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Michèle Morgan
France
Best movies:
The Moment of Truth (1952)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Sonia Dresdel
UK
Best movies:
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Karel Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Third Man (1949)
Brainwashed (1960)
Geoffrey Keen
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Born Free (1966)
The Third Man (1949)
Bernard Lee
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Third Man (1949)
Father Brown (1954)
Hay Petrie
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Denis O'Dea
Ireland
Best movies:
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Informer (1935)
Torin Thatcher
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Great Expectations (1946)
Band of Angels (1957)
James Hayter
India
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Dandy Nichols
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
Walter Fitzgerald
UK
Best movies:
The Fallen Idol (1948)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Nora Gordon
UK
Best movies:
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Sapphire (1959)
Circle of Danger (1951)
Robert Cawdron
France
Best movies:
The One That Got Away (1957)
State Secret (1950)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Gerard Heinz
German Empire
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
State Secret (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
George Woodbridge
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Dora Bryan
UK
Best movies:
The Fallen Idol (1948)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
Odd Man Out (1947)
Joan Young
UK
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Magic Box (1951)