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The Woman in the Hall

Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!
Oct 27, 1947 · 1h 33m
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Drama

PLOT

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
Jill Raymond
Molly Blake
Ruth Dunning
Shirley Dennison
Directed by Jack Lee

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Wessex Film Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Country
US, GB

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