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'Call of the Blood' is a 1948 British-Italian drama film directed by John Clements and Ladislao Vajda and starring Clements, Kay Hammond and John Justin. In the Edwardian era a British family move to Sicily where the husband has an affair with a local woman. It was adapted from a 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. The film's sets were designed by art director Maurice Fowler. Elizabeth Haffenden worked as costume designer.

Cast



* John Clements as Julius Ikon

* Kay Hammond as Doctor Anne Lester

* John Justin as David Erskine

* Hilton Edwards as Doctor Robert Blake

* Robert Rietti as Gaspare

* Carlo Ninchi as Salvatore

* Lea Padovani as Maddelena

* Jelo Filippo as Sebastiono

* H.G. Stoker as Uncle Ben

* Keith Pyott as Doctor Sabatier

* Marcesa Faciacani as Lucretia

See also



*'The Call of the Blood' (1920)

References



Bibliography



* Harper, Sue. 'Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film'. British Film Institute, 1994.


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