The Woman in the Hall
“Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!”
1947•1h 33m•6.3•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Jack Lee
Writer
G.B. Stern, Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple
Languages
English
Studio
Wessex Film Productions
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
Production
Company
Wessex Film Productions
Company
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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