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03/07/1957 Drama, Romance 1h 33m
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Overview

A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.

  1. J. Lee Thompson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Yvonne Mitchell

    Amy Preston

  2. Anthony Quayle

    Jim Preston

  3. Sylvia Syms

    Georgie Harlow

  4. Andrew Ray

    Brian Preston

  5. Carole Lesley

    Hilda Harper

  6. Michael Ripper

    Pawnbroker

  7. Nora Gordon

    Mrs. Williams

  8. Marianne Stone

    Hair Dresser

  9. Harry Locke

    Wine Merchant

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-04-17
The rain falls hard on a humdrum town...

Woman in a Dressing Gown is directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis. It stars Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle and Sylvia Syms, music is by Louis Levy and cinematography by Gilbert Taylor.

It's something of an inauspicious title, a title hardly conducive to making this piece of film leap out at you, to shout that it's essential British cinema. How wonderful to find that not only is it a title completely befitting the material being played out, but that it is actually essential British cinema.

It's little known and very under seen, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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