Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).

• DirectorRobert Hamer
• Release22 November 1945
• Genre
  Thriller / Drama
• Duration1h 29m
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• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.0
  19 reviews
• Productions

  Ealing Studios