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In Edwardian London in the summer of 1903, a Scottish shop owner in Fulham is stabbed to death and his shop set on fire by distinguished composer George Harvey Bone, who stumbles out onto the street in a stupor.
Hangover Square is a 1941 novel by English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton. It follows the alcoholic George Harvey Bone (who has a dissociative identity disorder) and his tortured love for Netta Longdon in the months leading up to the Second World War.
- Hamilton, Patrick, Mar.
- 1941
A composer suffers from blackouts and becomes a murderer under their influence. Based on a novel by Patrick Hamilton, the film features Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell and George Sanders.
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- Crime, Drama, Music
- John Brahm
- 1945-09-21
Overview. When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon.
Hangover Square. Patrick Hamilton. 4.13. 5,230 ratings514 reviews. Hamilton captures the edgy, obsessive and eventually murderous mindset of a romantically frustrated British man in this WWII-era novel.
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- Paperback
Sep 4, 2020 · Hangover Square is a 1945 FILM NOlR directed by John Brahm, based on the 1941 novel Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton. The film stars Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell and George Sanders.
Hangover Square was released posthumously, in February, 1945. The critic for Time magazine called the film a "top-drawer horror picture" and said, "the flaming, grotesque denouement of this unhappy tale may leave audiences undecided whether to laugh or blush.
