The Woman in the Hall

October. 27,1947      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Ursula Jeans as  Lorna Blake
Jean Simmons as  Jay Blake
Cecil Parker as  Sir Halmar Barnard
Joan Miller as  Susan
Edward Underdown as  Neil Inglefield
Susan Hampshire as  Young Jay
Jill Raymond as  Molly Blake
Ruth Dunning as  Shirley Dennison

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Reviews

Karry
1947/10/27

Best movie of this year hands down!

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TaryBiggBall
1947/10/28

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

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Gutsycurene
1947/10/29

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

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Kayden
1947/10/30

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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