The read
It runs a compact 55m.
Synopsis
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- David BurtonDirector
- Frank ButlerWriter
- Sylvia ThalbergWriter
Cast
- Catherine Dale OwenElizabeth
- Paul CavanaghTed
- Tyrell DavisArnold Champion-Cheney - M.P.
- Lewis StoneClive Champion-Cheney
- Ernest TorrenceLord Porteous
- Alison SkipworthLady Catherine Champion-Cheney
- Mary ForbesMrs. Anna Shenstone
- Wilfred NoyButler
- William H. O'BrienFootman
- Vera LewisDuchess of Brocklehurst
- Edgar NortonParty Guest
- Frank ReicherDuke of Brocklehurst
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Themes
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