This Was a Woman (1948)

Name: This Was a Woman
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1948-01-27

1h 42m

Running Time

Plot.

The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence..

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Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 27, 1948

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 42m

Genres
Drama Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

This Was a Woman is a 1948 British crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Sonia Dresdel, Walter Fitzgerald and Emrys Jones. It was made at the Riverside Studios with sets designed by the art directors Ivan King and Andrew Mazzei. Based on a successful play by former film actress Joan Morgan, its plot concerns an outwardly respectable family dominated by a murderous matriarch.