Daughter of Darkness (1948)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Lance Comfort

Writers:

Max Catto (play)
Max Catto (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 January 1950 (Sweden)

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play

Cast

Anne Crawford	...	Bess Stanforth
Maxwell Reed	...	Dan
George Thorpe	...	Mr. Tallent
Barry Morse	...	Robert Stanforth
Liam Redmond	...	Father Cocoran
Cyril Smith	...	Joe
Honor Blackman	...	Julie Tallent
Denis Gordon	...	Saul Trevethick
Grant Tyler	...	Larry Tallent
Norman Shelley	...	Smithers
George Merritt	...	Constable
Ann Clery	...	Miss Foley
Arthur Hambling	...	Jacob
David Greene	...	David Price
Leslie Armstrong

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1950) | Sweden:15 | UK:A

Filming Locations:

Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Company:

Victor Hanbury Productions

Good

The story sees an Irish girl Emmie (Siobhan McKenna) driven from her community and relocated with a farm family in England. Other women can sense evil around her yet she seems innocent to the viewer. At times during the film, I thought that things weren't developing quickly enough although Emmie remains mysterious throughout the film.......and by the end of the film, its pretty clear that Emmie is bad news as the body count increases! Siobhan McKenna is creepy in the lead role - she looks weird. The English family that she stays with is pretty ghastly with their extremely posh accents and enthusiasm for everything (among the guilty for inappropriate posh dialect is Honor Blackman).

Throughout the film, Bess (Anne Crawford) senses that there is something wrong about the girl. She finally fires her to which the response is "You'll be sorry". You just know that there is going to be a repercussion .... and there is.....Its a good film.