The Weaker Sex (1948)

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a group of British women managing their homes and families during and after World War Two. It shows the quiet strength and everyday heroism of women who kept life going through hardship and uncertainty.

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What happens

The Weaker Sex is a 1948 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker and Joan Hopkins. It was written by Esther McCracken, Paul Soskin and Val Valentine based on McCracken's 1944 play No Medals. It was one of the most popular films at the British box office in 1948. The film's subject was what The New York Times described as the "heroics of that valiant legion of women who stood, but did not wait, through the long war years and the now dreary post war years." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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