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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Name: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Director: Albert Lewin
Genre: Drama, Horror, Fantasy
Released: 1945
Rating: 7.1
Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

1945 · Directed by Albert Lewin · 111 min · Drama · Horror · Fantasy · 8 frames

Tagline

Why did women talk about Dorian Gray in whispers?

Crew

Screenplay: Albert Lewin
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by: Ferris Webster
Music: Herbert Stothart
Produced by: Pandro S. Berman

Cast

George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton
Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray
Donna Reed as Gladys Hallward
Angela Lansbury as Sibyl Vane
Peter Lawford as David Stone
Lowell Gilmore as Basil Hallward
Richard Fraser as James Vane
Douglas Walton as Allen Campbell
Morton Lowry as Adrian Singleton
Miles Mander as Sir Robert Bentley

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Themes: painting, attic, painting comes to life, never aging

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