The Woman in the Hall (1947)

6.3/10 93 min Drama

Overview

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.

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

Ruth Dunning

Shirley Dennison

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