The Reluctant Widow (1950)
- Directed by
- Bernard Knowles
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young governess marries an aristocrat for convenience and inherits his estate after his sudden death. She then gets caught up in espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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What happens
The Reluctant Widow is a 1950 British historical drama film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Jean Kent, Guy Rolfe, Paul Dupuis and Lana Morris. It iwas written by Gordon Wellesley and Basil Boothroyd (as J.B. Boothroyd) based on the 1946 novel The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer. The screenplay concerns a governess who marries a British aristocrat, and inherits his country house when he dies. The ongoing Napoleonic Wars see her become embroiled with a spy ring. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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