Movie Cosmos - The Upturned Glass

Description:

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.

Top Cast >

James Mason

As Michael Joyce

Rosamund John

As Emma Wright

Pamela Mason

As Kate Howard

Ann Stephens

As Ann Wright

Morland Graham

As Clay

Brefni O'Rorke

As Dr. Farrell

Henry Oscar

As Coroner

Jane Hylton

As Miss Marsh

Sheila Huntington

As First Girl Student

Susan Shaw

As Second Girl Student

Peter Cotes

As Male Student

Nuna Davey

As Mrs. Jenny Deva

Judith Carol

As Joan Scott-Trotter

Janet Burnell

As Sylvia

John Monaghan

As U.S. Driver

Beatrice Varley

As Injured Girl's Mother

Hélène Burls

As Farm Laborer's Wife

Howard Douglas

As Lorry Driver

Richard Afton

As Lorry Driver's Mate

Cyril Chamberlain

As Junior Doctor (uncredited)

Lyn Evans

As County Policeman

Maurice Denham

As Mobile Policeman

Glyn Rowland

As Policeman (uncredited)

John Stone

As Policeman (uncredited)

Margaret Withers

As Party Guest

John Tatum

As Party Guest (uncredited)

George Merritt

As Policeman (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Lawrence Huntington

Director

James Mason

Producer

Alan Osbiston

Editor

John Monaghan

Original Story, Screenplay

Pamela Mason

Screenplay

Betty E. Box

Associate Producer

Sydney Box

Producer

Bernard Stevens

Original Music Composer

Reginald H. Wyer

Director of Photography

Andrew Mazzei

Art Direction

Mattli

Costume Design

Nell Taylor

Makeup Artist

Antony Darnborough

Production Manager

Fraser Foulsham

Production Manager

Basil Keys

Assistant Director

Stephen Dalby

Sound Recordist

John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

George Burgess

Sound Supervisor

Bernard Lewis

Camera Operator

Cyril Stanborough

Still Photographer

Muir Mathieson

Conductor

J. Arthur Rank

Presenter

Jean Barker

Editorial Services

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

James Mason is both measured and potent in this crime story of a brain surgeon "Michael Joyce" who performs a life-saving operation on a young girl. He falls in love with the girl's (married) mother "Emma" (Rosamund John) and when she is found dead at the foot of her bedroom window one day, he begins to question the verdict of suicide and determines to get to the bottom of what really happened. It's told by way of a retrospective - he is lecturing his students about a "fictional" case of murder where the killer is sane and calculating - and that gives the story quite a bit of pace and menace. The plot isn't complex and the audience is left in little doubt about what happened/is going to happen - but Mason along with Pamela Mason as "Kate" - the rather odious sister-in-law, manage to create quite a cumulative effect as the story develops that left me in no doubt that right was done!

2022-07-07