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The Woman in the Hall
The Woman in the Hall

The Woman in the Hall

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

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

27 October 1947

Country

United Kingdom

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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