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Plot

In this costume melodrama, a virginal maid is impregnated by the footman in the household where they work. He offers to marry her, but then suddenly disappears with another woman. The next few years of the woman's life are spent trying to eke out a living for her and her son. Once again she meets the footman, who has now become a successful bookie. The two finally marry and lead a happy life until he falls sick, bets all their money on a losing horse, and expires before the fateful race concludes. Once again the woman and her son are impoverished.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
108min.
Distributor(s):
Gfd
Director(s):
Ian Dalrymple , Peter Proud
Starring:
Kathleen Ryan , Dirk Bogarde , Cyril Cusack , Ivor Barnard , Fay Compton
Themes:
Down on Their Luck,Mothers and Sons,Lovers Reunited
Tone:
Poignant,Tearjerking
Keywords:
bookie,death,disease,family,footman,horse,lady,maid,marriage,meeting,missing,mother,offer,poverty,pregnancy,purity,racetrack,rags-to-riches,rogue,son,unmarried,widow/widower