If Winter Comes (1947)

6.7/10 97 min Drama

Overview

The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friendship with Effie, a young pregnant girl. As the townsfolk theorize that Mark is the baby's father, Effie - already troubled because of her impending motherhood - commits suicide, and circulating rumors lead the authorities to think Mark killed her. The innocent writer must fight to clear his name.

Cast

Walter Pidgeon

Mark Sabre

Deborah Kerr

Nona Tybar

Angela Lansbury

Mabel Sabre

Binnie Barnes

Natalie Bagshaw

Janet Leigh

Effie Bright

May Whitty

Mrs. Perch

Rène Ray

Sarah 'Low Jinks'

Reginald Owen

Mr. Fortune

John Abbott

Mr. Twyning

Rhys Williams

Mr. William Bright

Hugh French

Tony Tybar

Dennis Hoey

Tiny Wilson

Nicholas Joy

Mr. Pettigrew

Halliwell Hobbes

The Coroner

Hughie Green

Freddie Perch

Ian Wolfe

Dr. Clement Avington (uncredited)

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