Libel – 1959 | 100 mins | Drama | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Libel is an enthralling drama based on a play by Edward Wooll, the film offers a puzzle along with excitement, and some neat twists into the bargain. Sir Mark Lodden (Dirk Bogarde) is suspected by actor Jeffrey Buckenham (Paul Massie), who sees him in a television programme about his lovely home, as being an imposter. Paul and Dirk and a third man, who resembled Dirk in features but not in personality, had been in a prisoner-of-war camp together. An attempt to unmask the present Sir Mark leads to a libel action during which his wife (Olivia de Haviland) reveals that Dirk is not really her husband.

Excerpt© ‘Puffin Asquith’ by R.J. Minney.