Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart
Original British quad poster
Directed byCharles Bennett
Screenplay byCharles Bennett
Based onMadness of the Heart
by Flora Sandström
Produced byRichard Wainwright
executive
J. Arthur Rank
StarringMargaret Lockwood
Maxwell Reed
Kathleen Byron
Paul Dupuis
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Edited byHelga Cranston
Music byAllan Gray
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (USA)
Release dates
  • 20 September 1950 (1950-09-20)

October 1950 (USA)[1]
Running time
75 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000[2]

Madness of the Heart is a 1949 British drama film directed by Charles Bennett, produced by Richard Wainwright for Two Cities Films and starring Margaret Lockwood, Maxwell Reed, Kathleen Byron and Paul Dupuis. The screenplay was written by Charles Bennett, adapted from the novel of the same name by Flora Sandström.[3]

  1. ^ "f Local Origin". New York Times. 11 October 1950. p. 41.
  2. ^ "London Film Notes", Variety March 1949 p 15
  3. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | MADNESS OF THE HEART (1949)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2014.