- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Release: 1949-10-03
- Director: Carol Reed
- Writers: Graham Greene , Lesley Storm , William Templeton
- Language: English | French
- Stars: Ralph Richardson , Michèle Morgan , Sonia Dresdel , Bobby Henrey , Denis O’Dea , Jack Hawkins , Walter Fitzgerald , Dandy Nichols , Joan Young , Karel Stepanek
- Runtime: 95 min
- Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 7 nominations total
- AKA: O Ídolo Caído (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ögonvittnet (Sweden) , Meşum kadın (Turkey) , L'ídol caigut (Spain) , The Fallen Idol (United Kingdom) , Idolo infranto (Italy) , Поверженный идол , Proti apogoitefsis (Greece) , 落ちた偶像 (Japan) , O Ídolo Caído (Brazil) , The Fallen Idol (Canada) , Ledőlt bálvány (Hungary) , The Fallen Idol , Øjenvidnet (Denmark) , Première désillusion (France, French Republic) , Падналият идол (Bulgaria) , El ídolo caído (Mexico) , Pali idol (Croatia) , Tapte illusjoner (Norway) , Valheitten talo (Finland) , The Fallen Idol (United States of America) , Ögonvittnet (Finland) , Een kind klaagt aan (Netherlands the) , El ídolo caído (Argentina) , Stracone złudzenia (Poland) , The Lost Illusion (United Kingdom) , Kleines Herz in Not (Austria) , The Fallen Idol (Australia) , Idolul căzut (Romania) , El ídolo caído (Spain) , Kleines Herz in Not
- Plot:
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father’s butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults’ lies can cause.
- IMDB:tt0040338
The Fallen Idol Cast · · · ALL
Carol Reed
Director
Ralph Richardson
Baines
Michèle Morgan
Julie
Sonia Dresdel
Mrs. Baines
Bobby Henrey
Phillipe
Denis O’Dea
Inspector Crowe
Jack Hawkins
Detective Ames
Walter Fitzgerald
Dr. Fenton
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Patterson
Joan Young
Mrs. Barrow
Karel Stepanek
First Secretary
Gerard Heinz
Ambassador
Torin Thatcher
Policeman
James Hayter
Perry
Geoffrey Keen
Detective Davis
Bernard Lee
Detective Hart
John Ruddock
Dr. Wilson
Hay Petrie
Clock Winder
Dora Bryan
Rose
George Woodbridge
Police Sergeant