It is quite unusual to find Ursula Jeans in a leading role, and she does it rather well in this r...
The Woman in the Hall
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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The Woman in the Hall
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 27, 1947
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
User Score
58%
Original Title
The Woman in the Hall
Production Companies
Wessex Film Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Director
Jack Lee
Description
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.