Hatter's Castle (film)
| 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 Emlyn Williams James Mason |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Douglas Robertson |
| Music by | Horace Shepherd |
Production company | Grafton Films |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $320,000 |
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. The film was made by Paramount British Pictures and stars Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, and Emlyn Williams. It is believed to be the only film that depicts the Tay Bridge disaster.
It was shot at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director James A. Carter.