Gaslight
1944 · Movie · 114 min · ★ 7.5 · 84% critics
A young newlywed returns to a grand old house with her husband and soon starts doubting her own mind as odd events pile up. As fear grows, she becomes increasingly isolated, while a calm outsider begins to suspect that something is very wrong in the home.
Based on Gas Light
Also known as The Murder in Thornton Square
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Details
- Years
- 1944
- Release date
- 1944-05-04
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (570 votes)
- Box office
- $4,613,000
- Budget
- $2,000,000
About
You may like Gaslight if you enjoy tense, atmospheric psychological stories with a strong lead performance and a claustrophobic home setting; Not for you if you prefer fast-moving plots or subtle suspense less focused on emotional manipulation, like Night Must Fall.
Pros: tense atmosphere; strong lead performance; eerie setting | Cons: middle section drags; story feels predictable; less immediate than the play
Themes
- scotland yard
- manipulation
- victorian england
- psychological abuse
- murder
- psychological thriller
- nervous breakdown
- older husband
- driven mad
- abusive husband
- gaslight
- domineering husband
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1945
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1945
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · 1944
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1945 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1945 · nominated
Cast & crew
Charles Boyer
as Gregory Anton
Ingrid Bergman
as Paula Alquist
Joseph Cotten
as Brian Cameron
May Whitty
as Miss Thwaites
Angela Lansbury
as Nancy
Barbara Everest
as Elizabeth
Emil Rameau
as Maestro Guardi
Edmund Breon
as General Huddleston
Halliwell Hobbes
as Mr. Muffin
- TS
Tom Stevenson
as Williams
Directed by George Cukor