Hell Is Sold Out

In this farce, an enigmatic writer (Mai Zetterling) begins using the pen-name Dominic Danges, a popular writer believed dead. The dead writer “returns” to peruse his newest book, which he didn’t write. He soon meets the woman who is using his name and after several engaging misdirections, the two fall in love and marry., A novelist (Herbert Lom) returns from the war to find a Swedish girl (Mai Zetterling) using his name and posing as his widow. Richard Attenborough. Mme. Menestrier: Hermione Baddeley. Francois: Nicholas Hannen. Hortense: Joan Hickson. Arlette: Kathleen Byron. Directed by Michael Anderson., Believed dead, French resistance fighter and author Dominic Danges returns home from a POW camp to find his house occupied by an alleged wife who’s published a best-selling novel under his name. 1951.