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The Fallen Idol

1948, 1h 36min

A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.

"The Fallen Idol" — drama and thriller movie produced in UK and released in 1948. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.6 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 36min. "The Fallen Idol" is currently available to stream on FlixFling and for rent and to buy on FlixFling Rent & Buy. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

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Kasper Løvborg

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9

Flawless thriller. The scene with the dart is one of many suspense highlights. In a highly original way, the perspective of young Phillippe is kept throughout. There's something uncanny about the way Reed manages to tell Greene's story s...

3 years ago

Critic David Parkinson

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8

...The Fallen Idol remains one of the greatest (nearly) forgotten masterpieces of post-war British cinema.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Fallen Idol include Storm Warning, D.O.A., He Walked by Night, Born to Kill, Brighton Rock, 5 Fingers.

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The Fallen Idol was released in theaters on November 15, 1949.