The Woman in the Hall
1947, English. Directed by Jack Lee.
Jean Simmons, Great Star of "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations" in a Thrilling New Role!
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 27 October 1947
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- G.B. Stern, Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple
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The Woman in the Hall runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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The Woman in the Hall isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 October 1947. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Woman in the Hall?
If you liked The Woman in the Hall, try The Trials of Cate McCall, Confirmation, The Padre.
Who directed The Woman in the Hall?
The Woman in the Hall (1947) was directed by Jack Lee and stars Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker.