Cage of Gold
Cage of Gold is a 1950 British drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jean Simmons, David Farrar and James Donald.[1]
Plot
A young woman deserts her prospective fiance for an old flame who marries her, then leaves her pregnant when he discovers that her father can offer him no financial support. Two years later, when she has married her former fiance, believing her husband to be dead, he reappears and begins to blackmail her.[2]
Critical Responses
"Melodrama of a young girl's tragic infatuation for a worthless bounder who had been her schoolgirl hero. Lavishly staged and efficiently directed, but the characters are somewhat stereotyped."[3]
Cast
- Jean Simmons as Judith Moray
- David Farrar as Bill Glennan
- James Donald as Dr Alan Kearn
- Herbert Lom as Rahman
- Madeleine LeBeau as Marie Jouvet
- Maria Mauban as Antoinette Duport
- Bernard Lee as Inspector Grey
- Grégoire Aslan as Duport
- Gladys Henson as Waddy
- Harcourt Williams as Dr Kearn senior
- Léo Ferré as Victor
- George Benson as Assistant Registrar
- Martin Boddey as Police Sergeant Adams
- Arthur Hambling as Jenkins
- Campbell Singer as Constable
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042295/
- ^ http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a6ec10f
- ^ Picture Show, vol 55, No 1441
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