Synopsis
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
47 audience votes
Key crew
- Leslie ArlissDirector
- Margaret KennedyScreenplay
- Leslie ArlissScreenplay
- Cedric MallabeyOriginal Music Composer
- Doreen MontgomeryWriter
Cast
- Margaret LockwoodHesther Shaw Barbary
- Phyllis CalvertClarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan
- James MasonLord Rohan
- Stewart GrangerSwinton Rokeby / Peter Rokeby
- Harry ScottToby
- Beatrice VarleyGypsy Fortune Teller
- Martita HuntMiss Patchett
- Helen HayeLady Rohan
- Raymond LovellThe Prince of Wales
- Nora SwinburneMrs. Fitzherbert
- Kathleen BoutallAmelia (uncredited)
- James B. CarsonGervaise (uncredited)
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Themes
jealousyenglandvictorian englandmarriage of conveniencetragedymurderextramarital affairblackfacemarquis