Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax
Directed byRobert Hamer
Written byRobert Hamer
(script contribution)
Screenplay byDiana Morgan
Based onPink String and Sealing Wax (play)
by Roland Pertwee
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringMervyn Johns
CinematographyStanley Pavey
Edited byMichael Truman
Music byNorman Demuth
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byEagle-Lion Distrib. Ltd[1]
Release dates
  • 20 November 1945 (1945-11-20) (London)
  • 7 January 1946 (1946-01-07) (UK)
  • 2 September 1949 (1949-09-02) (London-premiere)
  • October 2, 1950 (1950-10-02) (USA[2])
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$620,000[3]

Pink String and Sealing Wax is a 1945 British drama film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Mervyn Johns. It is based on a play with the same name by Roland Pertwee. It was the first feature film Robert Hamer directed on his own.[2]

The title derives from the practice of pharmacists in the Victorian and Edwardian age of wrapping drugs in a package sealed with pink string and sealing wax to show the package had not been tampered with.

  1. ^ a b BBFC: Pink String and Sealing Wax Linked 2015-04-25
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Times was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "London West End Has Big Pix Sked". Variety. 21 November 1945. p. 19. Retrieved 18 March 2023.