The Upturned Glass
A Powerful NEW Drama of a Mad Love!
1947 | 86m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Lawrence Huntington |
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| Writer: | Pamela Mason, John Monaghan |
| Staring: |
| A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 17, 1947 |
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| Director: | Lawrence Huntington |
| Writer: | Pamela Mason, John Monaghan |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | british noir, neurosurgeon |
| Production Companies | Triton, Sydney Box Productions, Sydney Box Associates |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Mason | Michael Joyce |
| Rosamund John | Emma Wright |
| Pamela Mason | Kate Howard |
| Ann Stephens | Ann Wright |
| Morland Graham | Clay |
| Brefni O'Rorke | Dr. Farrell |
| Henry Oscar | Coroner |
| Jane Hylton | Miss Marsh |
| Sheila Huntington | First Girl Student |
| Susan Shaw | Second Girl Student |
| Peter Cotes | Male Student |
| Nuna Davey | Mrs. Jenny Deva |
| Judith Carol | Joan Scott-Trotter |
| Janet Burnell | Sylvia |
| John Monaghan | U.S. Driver |
| Beatrice Varley | Injured Girl's Mother |
| Hélène Burls | Farm Laborer's Wife |
| Howard Douglas | Lorry Driver |
| Richard Afton | Lorry Driver's Mate |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Junior Doctor (uncredited) |
| Lyn Evans | County Policeman |
| Maurice Denham | Mobile Policeman |
| Glyn Rowland | Policeman (uncredited) |
| John Stone | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Margaret Withers | Party Guest |
| John Tatum | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| George Merritt | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Pamela Mason | Screenplay |
| Lawrence Huntington | Director |
| Alan Osbiston | Editor |
| John Monaghan | Screenplay, Original Story |
| Bernard Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Reginald H. Wyer | Director of Photography |
| Andrew Mazzei | Art Direction |
| Mattli | Costume Design |
| Nell Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Antony Darnborough | Production Manager |
| Fraser Foulsham | Production Manager |
| Basil Keys | Assistant Director |
| Stephen Dalby | Sound Recordist |
| John W. Mitchell | Sound Recordist |
| George Burgess | Sound Supervisor |
| Bernard Lewis | Camera Operator |
| Cyril Stanborough | Still Photographer |
| Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| J. Arthur Rank | Presenter |
| Jean Barker | Editorial Services |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| James Mason | Producer |
| Betty E. Box | Associate Producer |
| Sydney Box | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Trending Position
James Mason is both measured and potent in this crime story of a brain surgeon "Michael Joyce" who performs a life-saving operation on a young girl. He falls in love with the girl's (married) mother "Emma" (Rosamund John) and when she is found dead at the foot of her bedroom window one day, he begin ... s to question the verdict of suicide and determines to get to the bottom of what really happened. It's told by way of a retrospective - he is lecturing his students about a "fictional" case of murder where the killer is sane and calculating - and that gives the story quite a bit of pace and menace. The plot isn't complex and the audience is left in little doubt about what happened/is going to happen - but Mason along with Pamela Mason as "Kate" - the rather odious sister-in-law, manage to create quite a cumulative effect as the story develops that left me in no doubt that right was done!