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Forbidden

Forbidden

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 28, 1949

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Thriller, Drama

User Score

69%

Original Title

Forbidden

Production Companies

George King Productions, British Lion Films

Director

George King

Description

Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.