The Monkey's Paw
From the famous story by W. W. Jacobs
1948 | 63m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Norman Lee |
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| Writer: | Norman Lee, Barbara Toy |
| Staring: |
| A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 01, 1948 |
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| Director: | Norman Lee |
| Writer: | Norman Lee, Barbara Toy |
| Genres: | Thriller |
| Keywords | curse, fate |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 30, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Milton Rosmer | Mr. Robert Trelawne |
| Megs Jenkins | Mrs. Alice Trelawne |
| Michael Martin Harvey | Seamus Kelly |
| Eric Micklewood | Tom Trelawne |
| Brenda Hogan | Beryl |
| Joan Seton | Dorothy Lang |
| Mackenzie Ward | Noel Lang |
| Norman Shelley | Charles Monoghan |
| Hay Petrie | Grimshaw, the Curio Shop Proprietor |
| Rose Howlett | Mrs. Gurney |
| Vincent Lawson | Morgan |
| Sydney Tafler | Freeman, the Dealer |
| Alfie Bass | Speedway track manager |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Norman Lee | Screenplay, Director |
| W.W. Jacobs | Theatre Play |
| Barbara Toy | Screenplay |
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A small shop-keeping family acquire a rather gruesome looking monkey's paw from a passing peddler who promises them it will bring good luck - something they need as "Mr. Trelawne" (Milton Rosmer) has got himself into bother with a local bookie over a £200 debt he has run up. A slightly comically ove ... r-made up Megs Jenkins plays his wife with Eric Mickelwood as "Tom" their twenty something son who decides that he can perhaps win the money by racing his new car "Alice" at a local racetrack. Needless to say, they try to use the talisman to help them out and disaster accompanies them each time... The problem with this whole story is that it is way too short; if you wish on the paw then you get your wish but pay a terrible price - but that's it; there isn't anything else to do with the hour, so whilst it concludes in quite an eery and atmospheric fashion (helped by some creative use of thunderstorm sound effects) the rest of it is character establishment and as such is quite dull and unremarkable.