• Director(s)

    Thorold Dickinson

  • Production Year

    1940

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

  • Approx. running minutes

    84m

  • Cast

    Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Robert Newton, Cathleen Cordell, Jimmy Hanley

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Film

Gaslight

domestic abuse, mild violence

GASLIGHT is a drama, from 1940, in which a man tricks his wife into believing she is mentally ill.…

GASLIGHT is a drama, from 1940, in which a man tricks his wife into believing she is mentally ill.

violence
Scenes of violence include a woman being strangled to death with a rope; knife threat, and a fight in which punches and household objects are thrown.
theme
The film depicts the story from which the term 'gaslighting' derives. A man belittles, humiliates and undermines his wife at every opportunity, and stages events that convince her she has a mental illness - for instance, he hides objects around the house and claims she has moved them. His behaviour has the effect of diminishing her self-esteem, and he confronts her with what he presents as evidence of a mental illness, goading her and telling her she is 'mad' and 'insane'.

  • Director(s)

    Thorold Dickinson

  • Production Year

    1940

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

  • Approx. running minutes

    84m

  • Cast

    Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Robert Newton, Cathleen Cordell, Jimmy Hanley

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Contains mild violence and psychological threat
Classified Date:
14/10/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
In one scene a tie is pulled tight around a woman's neck. Nothing further is shown, although we do hear some muffled cries and later see a dead body.
threat and horror
The film generates a sense of psychological threat as one character cruelly attempts to convince another that they are losing their mind.
additional issues
The film also contains some verbal references to mental health and some mild innuendo.
Classified Date:
27/05/1940
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anglo American Film Corp Ltd
domestic abuse, mild violence
Classified Date:
28/01/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
violence
Scenes of violence include a woman being strangled to death with a rope; knife threat, and a fight in which punches and household objects are thrown.
theme
The film depicts the story from which the term 'gaslighting' derives. A man belittles, humiliates and undermines his wife at every opportunity, and stages events that convince her she has a mental illness - for instance, he hides objects around the house and claims she has moved them. His behaviour has the effect of diminishing her self-esteem, and he confronts her with what he presents as evidence of a mental illness, goading her and telling her she is 'mad' and 'insane'.
Contains mild violence and psychological threat
Classified Date:
04/10/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
BFI Video
Classified Date:
10/05/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    28/01/2022

  • Language

    English