The Man in Grey
The most daring novel of the century lives on the screen
DramaRomancejealousyenglandvictorian englandmarriage of conveniencetragedymurderextramarital affairblackfacemarquis
A Gothic melodrama of passion and betrayal set in Victorian England, where romantic entanglement and social obligation collide in tragedy.
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
Essence
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Margaret Lockwood
Hesther Shaw Barbary
Phyllis Calvert
Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan
James Mason
Lord Rohan
Stewart Granger
Swinton Rokeby / Peter Rokeby
Harry Scott
Toby
Beatrice Varley
Gypsy Fortune Teller
Martita Hunt
Miss Patchett
Helen Haye
Lady Rohan
Raymond Lovell
The Prince of Wales
Nora Swinburne
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Kathleen Boutall
Amelia (uncredited)
James B. Carson
Gervaise (uncredited)
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