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The Woman in the Hall (1947)

The Woman in the Hall poster
Directed by
Jack Lee
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A widowed mother struggles to raise her children in post-war Britain. Her life is complicated by family secrets and financial hardship.

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What happens

The Woman in the Hall is a 1947 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker. The screenplay was written by Lee, Ian Dalrymple and Gladys Bronwyn Stern, from Stern's 1939 novel of the same title. It was the film debut of actress Susan Hampshire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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