Hangover Square (film)

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For the Patrick Hamilton novel, see Hangover Square

Hangover Square
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Directed by	John Brahm
Produced by	Robert Bassler
Written by	Story: Patrick Hamilton Screenplay: Barré Lyndon
Starring	Laird Cregar Linda Darnell
Music by	Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography	Joseph LaShelle
Editing by	Harry Reynolds
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s)	February 7, 1945
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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Hangover Square (1945) is a film noir directed by John Brahm, based on the novel Hangover Square (1941) by Patrick Hamilton. The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon who made a number of changes to the novel, including the transformation of George Harvey Bone into a classical composer-pianist and filming the story as a turn-of-the-century period piece.^[1]

The movie was released in New York City on February 7, 1945, two months after its star, Laird Cregar, suffered a fatal heart attack.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The locale is the late Victorian London, with the date 1899 shown in the opening scene. The period setting creates a dark mood, especially in the key scene when Bone (portrayed by Laird Cregar), having strangled Netta (Linda Darnell) on Guy Fawkes Night, carries her wrapped body through streets filled with revelers and deposits it on top of the biggest bonfire.

The final scene shows Cregar as Bone, mesmerizingly playing his great piano concerto (composed by Bernard Herrmann), unmindful of the conflagration around him, as flames consume all.