Charade
MovieTitle | Charade |
User score | 5.5 |
Release date | Sep 16, 1953 |
Genre | Drama, Comedy |
Director | Roy Kellino |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Portland Pictures |
Run time | 82 min. |
This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware that the man is a murderer. "Duel at Dawn" is set in 1880s Austria. Two military officers fight a duel, with the survivor free to claim the heart of their shared love interest. "The Midas Touch" is a romance story of sorts. Jonah Watson is a successful American businessman, but is disgruntled with his life. He emigrates to England to start a new life, and works as a common servant. But he falls in love with a cockney maid who dreams of marrying into wealth.