Fallen Idol, The (1948) - (Movie Clip) I'm Not Sorry

Fallen Idol, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Catch Him And Kill Him!

Could be director Carol Reed gave cinematographer Georges Perinal free rein, as butler Baines (Ralph Richardson) and his lover (Michele Morgan) try to cheer Philippe (Bobby Henrey), their employer’s son, grieving over his dead pet snake, not realizing his wife (Sonia Dresdel) is lurking, in The Fallen Idol, 1948.

Fallen Idol, The -- (Movie Clip) What Isn't True

Baines (Ralph Richardson) asks Phillipe (Bobby Henrey) to keep a secret as they cross London's Belgrave Square in Carol Reed's The Fallen Idol, 1948, from Graham Greene's screenplay.

Fallen Idol, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Au Revoir, Papa!

Opening from director Carol Reed and Graham Greene’s story and screenplay, Bobby Henrey is Philippe, son of a European diplomat (Gerard Heinz), departing his embassy on London’s Belgrave Square, the boy’s chief interest Ralph Richardson, the butler and title character, in The Fallen Idol, 1948.

Fallen Idol, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Mostly Let Them Live

Director Carol Reed shooting at the zoo in London’s Regent’s Park, diplomat’s son Phil (Bobby Henrey) with his beloved but self-aggrandizing and philandering butler Baines (Ralph Richardson), meeting his lover (Michele Morgan), whom he’s explained is his niece, in The Fallen Idol, 1948.

Fallen Idol, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) This Girl You're Talking About

Philippe (Bobby Henrey), son of a European diplomat briefly away from London, follows his much admired butler-friend Baines (Ralph Richardson) leaving the grounds, put off when he finds him with a friend (Michele Morgan) unknown to him, in Carol Reed and Graham Greene’s The Fallen Idol, 1948.