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Acting
Richardson's wheelchair tyrant steals every scene he's wheeled into
Cinematography
Opulent decay: marble halls hiding rot, yacht as floating tomb
Writing
Dialogue that coils like a noose — tight, patient, lethal

Director
Basil Dearden
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