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The Girl Who Couldn't Quite (1950)

The Girl Who Couldn't Quite poster
Directed by
Norman Lee
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman struggles to fit in because she cannot quite get things right. Her family worries about her as she tries to find her place.

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What happens

The Girl Who Couldn't Quite is a 1950 British drama film directed by Norman Lee and starring Bill Owen, Elizabeth Henson and Iris Hoey. The screenplay was by Norman Lee and Marjorie Deans based on the 1947 stage play of the same name by Leo Marks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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