Once a Sinner
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71% Critic Match

Once a Sinner

7.1 / 10 1950 1h 18mNR English
Drama

Storyline

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart...

Cast & Crew

Pat Kirkwood

Pat Kirkwood

Irene James (as Patricia Kirkwood)

Lead
Jack Watling

Jack Watling

John Ross

Joy Shelton

Joy Shelton

Vera Lamb

Sydney Tafler

Sydney Tafler

Jimmy Smart

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Mrs. James

Humphrey Lestocq

Humphrey Lestocq

Lewis Canfield

Gordon McLeod

Gordon McLeod

Mr. Ross

Edith Sharpe

Edith Sharpe

Mrs. Ross

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lewis Gilbert's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Once a Sinner is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker