Hell Is Sold Out

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Hell Is Sold Out

1951

1h 25m

5.7(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.

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Cast & Crew

31 members

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Mai Zetterling

Valerie Martin

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Herbert Lom

Dominic Danges

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Richard Attenborough

Pierre Bonnet

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Hermione Baddeley

Mme. Louise Menstrier

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Nicholas Hannen

François

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Olaf Pooley

Cheri, male secretary

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Eric Pohlmann

Louis, the proprietor

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Kathleen Byron

Arlette de Balzamann

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Zena Marshall

Honey Child

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Joan Hickson

Hortense

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Laurence Naismith

Doctor Monceau

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Joan Young

Gertrude de Montfort Cole, Junr.

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Ivor Barnard

Taxi Driver

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John Penrose

Repatriation Official

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Geoffrey Toone

Swedish Embassy Official

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Mara Lane

Midinette

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Oscar Quitak

Boy Waiter

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Virginia Bedard

Irma Reinhardt

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Aletha Orr

Eunice Weinhardt

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George Margo

American Army Colonel

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Ronald Adam

Specialist

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Paul Beradi

Officer in Wine Bar

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Daniel Brown

Soldier in Repatriation Queue

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Joan Elan

Nurse

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Victor Hagan

Book Critic at Presentation

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Charles Hammond

Book Critic at Presentation

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Sam Kydd

Unknown Role

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Dan Lester

Book Critic at Presentation

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Hal Osmond

Bookseller

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Paddy Smith

Wine Bar Patron

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Robert Vossler

Book Critic at Presentation

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