| Hatter's Castle | |
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| Directed by | Lance Comfort |
| Written by | Rodney Ackland (additional dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Paul Merzbach Rudolf Bernauer |
| Based on | novel by A. J. Cronin |
| Produced by | Isadore Goldsmith |
| Starring | Robert Newton Deborah Kerr James Mason Emlyn Williams |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Douglas Robertson |
| Music by | Horace Shepherd |
Production company | Grafton Films |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $320,000[1] |
Hatter's Castle is a 1942 British film noir based on the 1931 novel Hatter's Castle by A. J. Cronin, which dramatizes the ruin that befalls a Scottish hatter set on recapturing his imagined lost nobility.[2] The film was made by Paramount British Pictures and stars Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, and Emlyn Williams.[3] It is believed to be the only film that depicts the Tay Bridge disaster.[4]
It was shot at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director James A. Carter.
- ^ "'Hatter's Castle' Surprise Smash Hit in England". Variety. 13 May 1942. p. 13. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Hatter's Castle (1941) - Lance Comfort - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "Hatter's Castle (1942)". Archived from the original on 14 March 2017.
- ^ Brandon, David; Brooke, Alan (26 December 2010). Blood on the Tracks: A History of Railway Crime in Britain. History Press. ISBN 9780752462295 – via Google Books.