Movie: The Woman in the Hall

Top 8 Billed Cast

Ursula Jeans
Ursula Jeans

Lorna Blake

Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons

Jay Blake

Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker

Sir Halmar Barnard

Joan Miller
Joan Miller

Susan

Edward Underdown
Edward Underdown

Neil Inglefield

Susan Hampshire
Susan Hampshire

Young Jay

Jill Raymond
Jill Raymond

Molly Blake

Ruth Dunning
Ruth Dunning

Shirley Dennison

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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.

  • Release Date

    1947-10-27

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

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

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    English
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