The Forbidden Street (1949)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 31, 1949Release Date
The Forbidden Street (1949)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 31, 1949Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Dana Andrews
Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale
Maureen O'Hara
Adelaide 'Addie' Culver
Sybil Thorndike
Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey
Fay Compton
Mrs. Culver
A.E. Matthews
Mr. Bly
Diane Hart
The Blazer
Jean Negulesco
Director
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Writer
Anne Butchart
Alice Hambro
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr. Culver
Margery Sharp
Writer
William Perlberg
Producer
Anthony Tancred
Treff Culver
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
Herbert C. Walton
The Old 'Un
Mary Martlew
Milly Lauderdale
Georges Périnal
Cinematographer
June Allen
Young Adelaide
Heather Latham
Young Blazer
Anthony Lamb
Young Treff
Ernest Hare
Policeman
Scott Harrold
Benson
Peter Hobbes
Fred Baker
Neil North
Johnny Hambro
Gwynne Whitby
Miss Bryant
Susanne Gibbs
Young Alice
Guy Hamilton
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Buster Ambler
Sound Recordist
Andrej Andrejew
Art Direction
R. E. Dearing
Production Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 31, 1949
Original NameBritannia Mews
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Forbidden Street is a 1949 British melodrama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Dana Andrews, Maureen O'Hara, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton and A. E. Matthews. Set in Victorian London, it tells the story of a wealthy young woman who marries a poor drunken artist and struggles to make ends meet; after his death, she takes in a lodger, with whom she falls in love. The film is based on the 1946 novel Britannia Mews by Margery Sharp.