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The Fallen Idol

1948

Action / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

The Fallen Idol

1948

Action / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

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100% TOMATOMETER · 35 reviews

88% AUDIENCE · 1K ratings

7.6/10 · 10.9K

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Plot summary

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.

Director

Carol Reed

Top cast

Geoffrey Keen as Detective Davis

Robert Cawdron as Policeman

Sonia Dresdel as Mrs. Baines

Michèle Morgan as Julie

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

684.91 MB

988*720

English 2.0

Approved

Subtitles

24 fps

1 hr 35 min

Seeds 3

1.44 GB

1472*1072

English 2.0

Approved

Subtitles

24 fps

1 hr 35 min

Seeds 18

Comments 5

tcountry62719722 2617 days ago

What's wrong with movies by the British?!?!?!? Alot of the British films are classics.....and very well done. pdawg....if you don't like them.....don't download them. All the movies on this site are free.....so stop your complaining.....and truthfully.....GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!!!!!

UNOwen 2846 days ago

pdawg; What an odious, repugnant thing you are - griping, about things, when you DON'T even pay ANYthing. Don't like pop-ups? Most people don't, but that's why people with BRAINS knew YEARS ago to get a POP-UP BLOCKER. I pity anyone who actually knows you. Ugh.

moviesaiyan 3388 days ago

Thanks a lot.

bundy 3793 days ago

Love the movie. Keep providing the great movies from the past and from the Brits as well as the yanks.

auctor 3807 days ago

Nice movie, can someone tell me what is auctor.tv? They have this site streaming with subtitles this movie and all

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IMDb reviews

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7 / 10

“Phillipe” (Bobby Henrey) lives a privileged life as

CinemaSerf

“Phillipe” (Bobby Henrey) lives a privileged life as the young son of an ambassador, but he frequently finds himself neglected and dependent on the friendship…

9 / 10

It's a great life if you don't weaken

John Chard

It's a great life if you don't weaken. The Fallen Idol (AKA: The Lost Illusion) is directed by Carol Reed and adapted to a screenplay by Graham Green from his…

It's a great life if you don't weaken. The Fallen Idol (AKA: The Lost Illusion) is directed by Carol Reed and adapted to a screenplay by Graham Green from his own short story called The Basement Room. Additional dialogue was scripted by Lesley Storm and William Templeton, the music is by William Alwyn and Georges Périnal is the cinematographer. It stars Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel and Denis O'Dea. Film is told thru the eyes of Phillipe (Henrey), the young son of a diplomat living at the French Embassy in London. With his parents often away from home, Phillipe has latched onto the family butler, Baines (Richardson), for friendship and guidance. Baines regales the boy with fanciful tales of adventure, but in truth Baines himself is unhappy, stuck in a loveless marriage to the shrewish Mrs. Baines (Dresdel). When Bobby happens upon Baines in the company of a young woman named Julie (Morgan), it thrusts the youngster into a world he doesn't understand, and when a tragedy occurs, Bobby is in danger of shattering the friendship between Baines and himself. The first of Graham Greene's literary works to be directed by the great Carol Reed, The Fallen Idol took some time to come out of The Third Man's shadow and be heralded in its own right. What transpires over 95 minutes is a tight psychological thriller that leaves a lasting image of childhood confusion, disillusionment and the innocence that's lost. Throw into the mix adult secrets, human conundrums and a gripping mystery investigation at its peak, and it's not hard to see why it's such a well revered picture. It's also a film that thrives on dialogue, again not surprising given that Green himself always said it was the best film adaptation of his work, while some of the deep-focus photography from Périnal adds real atmosphere to the proceedings. Richardson is superb, and he leads a hugely effective cast, where Dresdel is scarily witch like and Henrey, plucked from nowhere to star as the naive boy, paints an indelible portrait of a child struggling to comprehend the mysterious world of the adults around him. In support there is quality thespians such as Bernard Lee and Jack Hawkins. The ending is notably different to that in the original story, and no doubt about it, the original ending would have garnered a different reaction from many. But Greene was happy to change his own source for the screen, so if it's good enough for him then it surely is good enough for us? Certainly time has been kind to The Fallen Idol, it's Hitchcockian feel blended with literary smarts has made it a lasting favourite of critics and fans alike. 8.5/10

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