Top billed cast

1. 

   Margaret Lockwood

   Hesther Shaw Barbary

2. 

   Phyllis Calvert

   Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan

3. 

   James Mason

   Lord Rohan

4. 

   Stewart Granger

   Swinton Rokeby / Peter Rokeby

5. 

   Harry Scott

   Toby

6. 

   Beatrice Varley

   Gypsy Fortune Teller

7. 

   Martita Hunt

   Miss Patchett

8. 

   Helen Haye

   Lady Rohan

9. 

   Raymond Lovell

   The Prince of Wales

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-04

James Mason is the spoiled, somewhat ruthless "Marquis of Rohan" who alights on the charming, if naive, "Clarissa" (Phyllis Calvert) and decides she is to be the mother of his heir. That's all he wants from her. No love or romance - just so long as he gets a child. She grew up with "Hester" (Margaret Lockwood) and when many years later, sees her acting in a play, she asks her to come and live with her in her palatial London home. Her infrequent visitor husband, accepts the idea on the basis that he will have a new playmate and soon the manipulative "Hester" is no longer content to be the mistr...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• jealousy
• england
• victorian england
• marriage of convenience
• tragedy
• murder
• extramarital affair
• blackface
• marquis