The Woman in the Hall
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63% Critic Match

The Woman in the Hall

Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!

6.3 / 10 1947 1h 33mNR English
Drama

Storyline

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 & Crew

Ursula Jeans

Ursula Jeans

Lorna Blake

Lead
Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Jay Blake

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Sir Halmar Barnard

Joan Miller

Joan Miller

Susan

Edward Underdown

Edward Underdown

Neil Inglefield

Susan Hampshire

Susan Hampshire

Young Jay

JR

Jill Raymond

Molly Blake

Ruth Dunning

Ruth Dunning

Shirley Dennison

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jack Lee's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Woman in the Hall is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker