The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a lady.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Gregory RatoffDirector
- David ButtolphOriginal Music Composer
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Tom ReedScreenplay
Cast
- Peggy CumminsBelle Adair aka Rose Lynton
- Victor MatureMichael Drego
- Ethel BarrymoreLady Margaret Drego
- Vincent PricePolice Inspector Clinner
- Margo WoodeDaisy Arrow
- George ZuccoCraxton
- Patricia MedinaAudrey Ashton
- Rhys WilliamsDeputy Inspector Evans
- Norman AinsleyDeputy Coroner (uncredited)
- Harry AllenThreadbare Little Man (uncredited)
- Frank BakerLodger (uncredited)
- Billy BevanHarry, Cab Driver (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookblackmailvictorian englandmurderchorus girlcockneys