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09/07/1947 Romance, Drama 1h 54m
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One of the screen's greatest dramas of love and human conflict

Overview

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

  1. Edward Dmytryk

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Mills

    George Boswell

  2. Martha Scott

    Olivia

  3. Patricia Roc

    Julie Morgan

  4. Trevor Howard

    Dr. Richard Whiteside

  5. Richard Carlson

    Charles Winslow / Charles Winslow Sr.

  6. Reginald Tate

    Trevor Mangin

  7. Beatrice Varley

    Annie

  8. Frederick Leister

    John Channing

  9. Ivor Barnard

    Spivey

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-21
Told by way of a retrospective, we join John Mills ("Boswell") who has spent the last twenty five years - including those of WWII - trying to improve the lives of his mill town inhabitants. Back in the day, he is the editor of the local newspaper, and a town councillor, who finds himself defending the job opportunities of "Olivia" (Martha Scott), slated for a position as assistant librarian but finding herself the victim of prejudice. Her mill owning father had been responsible for the building of some of the slum housing in the town. The two fall in love and marry, but things start to take a ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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