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The Woman in the Hall(1947)
Status: Released
Date: 1947-10-27
58%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Wessex Film Productions
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Movie: The Woman in the Hall
Top 8 Billed 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
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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:
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Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!
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