The Woman in the Hall

The Woman in the Hall

1947 "Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!"
The Woman in the Hall
The Woman in the Hall

The Woman in the Hall

6.5 | 1h33m | en | Drama

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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6.5 | 1h33m | en | Drama
Synopsis

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 , Jean Simmons , Cecil Parker

Director

C.M. Pennington-Richards

Producted By

J. Arthur Rank Organisation , Wessex Film Productions