
Film
The Woman in the Hall
1947 · 1h 33m · Drama
Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!
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- 6.5
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Overview
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.
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
Jill Raymond
Molly Blake

Ruth Dunning
Shirley Dennison
Crew
- Jack LeeDirector · Screenplay
- G.B. SternNovel · Screenplay
- Ian DalrympleScreenplay
- H.E. FowleDirector of Photography
- C.M. Pennington-RichardsDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 27, 1947
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama
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