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Writers:
W.W. Jacobs (play)
Norman Lee (writer)
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Release Date:
June 1948 (UK) more
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Plot:
A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, and that wish is granted by a charm made from a severed monkey's paw. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Milton Rosmer ... Mr. Trelawne
Megs Jenkins ... Mrs. Trelawne
Michael Martin Harvey ... Kelly
Eric Micklewood ... Tom Trelawne
Brenda Hogan ... Beryl
Mackenzie Ward ... Noel Lang
Joan Seton ... Dorothy Lang
Norman Shelley ... Monoghan
Alfie Bass ... Speedway Track Manager
Rose Howlett ... Mrs. Gurney
Hay Petrie ... Grimshaw
Sydney Tafler ... The Dealer
Patrick Ward ... Sgt. Lawson
Vincent Lawson ... Morgan
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Directed by
Norman Lee 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
W.W. Jacobs  play
Norman Lee  writer
Barbara Toy  writer

Produced by
Robert King .... associate producer
Ernest G. Roy .... producer
 
Original Music by
Stanley Black 
 
Cinematography by
Bryan Langley 
 
Film Editing by
Inman Hunter 
 
Art Direction by
Victor Hembrow 
George Ward 
 
Production Management
George Shurley .... production manager
 
Art Department
Cliff Northcote .... construction supervisor (as Clifford Northcote)
 
Sound Department
Charles Parkhouse .... sound supervisor (as Charles T. Parkhouse)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
George Bull .... electrical supervisor
Arthur Grant .... camera operator
Kenneth Talbot .... camera operator (as Ken Talbot)
 
Music Department
Stanley Black .... conductor
Stanley Black .... musical director
 
Other crew
Joyce Cairns .... continuity
 

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Decent, 29 February 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Monkey's Paw, The (1948)

** (out of 4)

British version of the famous story has two elderly folks getting the monkey's paw, which will grant three wishes but usually follows those wishes with tragedy. The father wishes for riches and gets them but his son is killed at the same time. Then, the couple wish for their son to return to life. The horror elements of this thing are discussed and talked about for the first sixty minutes and then finally happen during the last three. I see there are many other versions of this out there and I'm sure one has to be better than this rather disappointing film.

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