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The Woman in the Hall

The Woman in the Hall

# Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!
Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1947-10-27
⌚ Running Time: 93 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

Ursula Jeans original image
Lorna Blake
Ursula Jeans
Jean Simmons original image
Jay Blake
Jean Simmons
Cecil Parker original image
Sir Halmar Barnard
Cecil Parker
Joan Miller original image
Susan
Joan Miller
Edward Underdown original image
Neil Inglefield
Edward Underdown
Susan Hampshire original image
Young Jay
Susan Hampshire
Jill Raymond original image
Molly Blake
Jill Raymond
Ruth Dunning original image
Shirley Dennison
Ruth Dunning

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