The Woman in the Hall

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The Woman in the Hall (1947)

Directed by Jack Lee

“Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!”

Drama · 1h 33m

Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.

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Cast

Ursula Jeans Lorna Blake Jean Simmons Jay Blake Cecil Parker Sir Halmar Barnard Joan Miller Susan Edward Underdown Neil Inglefield Susan Hampshire Young Jay
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Jill Raymond Molly Blake Ruth Dunning Shirley Dennison

Crew

Director
Jack Lee
Screenplay
G.B. Stern, Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple
Novel
G.B. Stern
Director of Photography
H.E. Fowle, C.M. Pennington-Richards

Details

Release date
1947-10-27
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Wessex Film Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation