Castle Sinister | |
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Directed by | Oscar Burn |
Screenplay by | Mary Cathcart Borer (credited as Egan Storm) |
Based on | the play Mark of Judas by Vance Youden |
Produced by | Wm. Howard Borer |
Starring | Mara Russell-Tavernan |
Cinematography | Jeff Davies |
Edited by | N. Goude |
Music by | Cyril E. Clarke |
Production company | Unicorn Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 49 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Castle Sinister is a 1948 British mystery film directed by Oscar Burn and starring Mara Russell-Tavernan. [1] It is based on the play Mark of Judas by Vance Youden. [2] It was remade in 1954 with the title The Devil's Jest, again starring Mara Russell-Tavernan. [3]
During the Second World War, an Army intelligence officer travels to Glenye Castle in Scotland to investigate the death of an officer and the disappearance of another. Both are attributed to the castle's mysterious phantom but actually are the work of an enemy agent. [3]
Castle Sinister reflects the immediate post-war British concerns of the threat posed by Nazism (rather than Communism), and the possible existence of secret Nazi organizations in Britain working to rebuild Germany. [4] It is one of few films of the period to examine the operations of enemy intelligence agents, saboteurs or traitors. [5]