The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Leslie ArlissDirector
- John ArgyleWriter
- Leslie ArlissWriter
- Charles WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James MasonStephen Deremid
- Wilfrid LawsonJim Sturrock
- Mary ClareMrs. Ranger
- Joyce HowardMarian Ives
- Tucker McGuireDoris
- John FernaldDr. Barry Randall
- Dorothy BlackMiss Fenwick
- Amy DalbyMiss Miggs
- Jack VyvyanLocal Policeman (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
countrysideyorkshireteacherfilm noirrural areacottageblack and white