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Forbidden

87 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 28, 1949

Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.

Forbidden

87 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 28, 1949

Forbidden
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers British Lion Films, George King Productions
Original title Forbidden
Directors Stanley Couzins, George King
Writers Katherine Strueby, Val Valentine

Cast

Douglass Montgomery

as Jim Harding

Hazel Court

as Jane Thompson

Patricia Burke

as Diana Harding

Garry Marsh

as Jerry Burns

Ronald Shiner

as Dan Collins

Kenneth Griffith

as Johnny

Eliot Makeham

as Pop Thompson

Frederick Leister

as Dr. Franklin

Richard Bird

as Jennings

Michael Medwin

as Cabby

Peggy Ann Clifford

as Millie

Peter Jones

as Pete

Erik Chitty

as Schofield

Sam Kydd

as Joe

Andrew Cruickshank

as Inspector Baxter

Dennis Harkin

as Bert

Dora Sevening

as Mrs. Franklin

Mark Stone

as Critic

Bill Fraser

as Railway Porter (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

as Café Owner (uncredited)

Gillian Watt

as The Girl (uncredited)