Gaslight is a 1944 American psychological thriller film directed by George Cuckor, starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, and Angela Lansbury. It is a remake of the 1940 British film and was adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light (1938).
Plot[]
After the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula (Ingrid Bergman) is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer). The two return to London, and Paula begins to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange footsteps in the night and gaslights that dim without being touched. As she fights to retain her sanity, her new husband's intentions come into question.
Cast[]
- Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton/Sergis Bauer
- Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist Anton
- Joseph Cotten as Brian Cameron
- Dame May Whitty as Miss Bessie Thwaites
- Angela Lansbury as Nancy Oliver
- Barbara Everest as Elizabeth Tompkins
- Emil Rameau as Maestro Guardi
- Edmund Breon as General Huddleston, Brian's supervisor
- Halliwell Hobbes as Mr. Mufflin, Paula's lawyer
- Tom Stevenson as PC Williams
- Heather Thatcher as Lady Mildred Dalroy
- Lawrence Grossmith (in his last film role) as Lord Freddie Dalroy
- Jakob Gimpel as Pianist