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Suspense and suspicion power this absorbing post-war drama from writer-director Michael McCarthy as former members of the German resistance gather for a reunion, only to discover that one of them is a murderous traitor.
When Col. Charles Price (Donald Wolfit) receives a phone call from a man claiming that one of the former German resistance members gathered in his home is responsible for a friend’s death, Price asks him to the house. But when the informant arrives, he is stabbed to death before he can name the traitor!
When an American intelligence officer, Major Shane (Robert Bray), then arrives under mysterious circumstances, the tension escalates until a shocking plot twist reveals all.
Also starring Jane Griffiths and Anton Diffring, The Accursed is murder mystery at its best.
WAC Trivia: It’s widely held that Donald Wolfit inspired Ronald Harwood’s play The Dresser (later adapted into the 1983 Albert Finney film), about a difficult stage actor. Harwood was Wolfit’s personal dresser for nearly five years.
Original Release
03/01/1957
US Release
07/13/1958
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Donald Wolfit | Colonel Price |
Robert Bray | Major Shane |
Jane Griffiths | Vicki Toller |
Anton Diffring | Joseph Brezina |
Carl Jaffe | Stefan Toller |
Karel Stepanek | Friederich Suderman |
Oscar Quitak | Thomas Rilke |
Christopher Lee | Doctor Neumann |
Frederick Schiller | Alfred Baum |
Rupert Davies | Clinton |
Directors
Gilbert Gunn, Michael McCarthy
Writers
Michael McCarthy, Lisa Corsale, Brennan Klensch, Nicole Chavers Stratton
Cast
Name | Character |
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Donald Wolfit | Colonel Price |
Robert Bray | Major Shane |
Jane Griffiths | Vicki Toller |
Anton Diffring | Joseph Brezina |
Carl Jaffe | Stefan Toller |
Karel Stepanek | Friederich Suderman |
Oscar Quitak | Thomas Rilke |
Christopher Lee | Doctor Neumann |
Frederick Schiller | Alfred Baum |
Rupert Davies | Clinton |
John Van Eyssen | Lieut. Grant |
Colin Croft | Theodore Dehmel |
Dennis Edwards | Man Cutting Down Zimmerman's Body |
Fletcher Lightfoot | Man Giving Suderman Telegram |
Marie Lightfoot | Nurse |
Bernard Quinn | Toller's Student |
John Herrington | Albert |
George Herbert | Patient |
Frederick Schrecker | Suderman's Aide |
Reginald Atkinson | Postman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nicole Chavers Stratton | Producer |
Brennan Klensch | Producer |
Edwin J. Fancey | Producer |