This Was a Woman

This Was a Woman

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 27, 1948

The woman here is Sylvia Russell, who is a bit power mad and has some set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them; 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, finds in her husband's executive friend the man she desires, and then poisons her husband in her own manner in their quiet English manor

This Was a Woman

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 27, 1948

This Was a Woman
The woman here is Sylvia Russell, who is a bit power mad and has some set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them; 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, finds in her husband's executive friend the man she desires, and then poisons her husband in her own manner in their quiet English manor
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title This Was a Woman
Directors Peggy Singer, Stanley Couzins, Tim Whelan
Writers Val Valentine

Cast

Sonia Dresdel

as Sylvia Russell

Walter Fitzgerald

as Arthur Russell

Emrys Jones

as Terry Russell

Barbara White

as Fenella Russell

Scott Forbes

as Dr. Valentine Christie (billed as "Julian Dallas")

Cyril Raymond

as Austin Penrose

Celia Lipton

as Effie Holmes

Marjorie Rhodes

as Mrs. Holmes

Joan Hickson

as Miss Johnson

Lesley Osmond

as Sally

Kynaston Reeves

as Dr. Morrison

Gus McNaughton

as Veterinarian