The Woman in White
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The Woman in White

CAUGHT IN THE BLACK SPELL OF TERROR!

5.7 / 10 1948 1h 49mNR English
MysteryThriller

Storyline

A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a strange young woman dressed in white whom he meets in the forest and who bears a striking resemblance to Laura; cunning Count Fosco, who hopes to obtain an inheritance for nobleman Sir Percival Glyde, whom he plans to have Laura marry; Mr. Fairlie, a hypochondriac who can't stand to have anyone make the slightest noise; and eccentric Countess Fosco who has her own dark secret. The artist also finds himself drawn to Marion Halcomb, a distant relation to Laura for whom the Count also has plans.

Cast & Crew

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Marian Halcombe

Lead
Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker

Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick

Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet

Count Fosco

Gig Young

Gig Young

Walter Hartright

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Countess Fosco

John Abbott

John Abbott

Frederick Fairlie

John Emery

John Emery

Sir Percival Glyde

Curt Bois

Curt Bois

Louis

What People Are Saying

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