The Forbidden Street (1949)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 31, 1949Release Date
The Forbidden Street (1949)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 31, 1949Release Date
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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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Cast & Crew.

Maureen O'Hara
Adelaide 'Addie' Culver

Dana Andrews
Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale

Anne Butchart
Alice Hambro

Sybil Thorndike
Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey

Anthony Tancred
Treff Culver

June Allen
Young Adelaide

Fay Compton
Mrs. Culver

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr. Culver

A.E. Matthews
Mr. Bly

Diane Hart
The Blazer

Mary Martlew
Milly Lauderdale

Ernest Hare
Policeman

Heather Latham
Young Blazer

Peter Hobbes
Fred Baker

Gwynne Whitby
Miss Bryant

Anthony Lamb
Young Treff

Susanne Gibbs
Young Alice

Neil North
Johnny Hambro

Scott Harrold
Benson

Herbert C. Walton
The Old 'Un

Jean Negulesco
Director

Margery Sharp
Novel

Ring Lardner, Jr.
Screenplay

William Perlberg
Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer

Richard Best
Editor

Robert L. Simpson
Editor

Andrej Andrejew
Art Direction

Georges K. Benda
Costume Design

Georges Périnal
Director of Photography

Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer

R. E. Dearing
Production Assistant
Media.


Details.
Release DateMarch 31, 1949
Original NameBritannia Mews
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
blackmail
victorian england
life in the slums
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.
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