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The Fallen Idol

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NR,1hr 32min

Genres:

Drama,Action

Released:

February 10, 2006

Director:

Carol Reed

Distributor:

Rialto

Starring:

Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Bobby Henrey ...more

Synopsis: Adapted from the Graham Greene story The Basement Room, director Carol Reed's The Fallen Idol is told almost completely from a child's eye view-but it isn't a children's story. Young Bobby Henrey idolizes household butler Ralph Richardson. Therefore, when it seems as though Richardson might be implicated in a murder, Bobby does his best to throw the police off the track. The boy succeeds only in casting even more suspicion upon Richardson. As the story progresses, Henrey's hero worship is eroded ... Full Synopsis

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	Michael Costello, AMG Review In the first of his three collaborations with screenwriter Graham Greene, he and Carol Reed fashion a memorable film on one of the writer's pet themes: a child's discovery of the world of adult morality. In this case, the hero-worship of a young boy (Bobby Henrey) for the kindly butler (Ralph Richardson), in whose care he has been left, is damaged when he stumbles on the servant's adulterous affair. ... Full Review

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	Ralph Richardson Baines Michèle Morgan Julie Bobby Henrey Felipe, Phillipe Sonia Dresdel Mrs. Baines

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