The read
Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do. Most of the 412 1940s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
- Philip DunneWriter
- Ring Lardner Jr.Writer
- Jerome CadyWriter
Cast
- Linda DarnellAmber St. Clair
- Cornel WildeBruce Carlton
- Richard GreeneLord Harry Almsbury
- George SandersKing Charles II
- Glenn LanganCapt. Rex Morgan
- Richard HaydnEarl of Radcliffe
- Jessica TandyNan Britton
- Anne RevereMother Red Cap
- John RussellBlack Jack Mallard
- Jane BallCorinne Carlton
- Robert CooteSir Thomas Dudley
- Leo G. CarrollMatt Goodgroome
