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The Temptress (1949)
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Kathleen Butler (writer)
Alice Campbell (novel)
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April 1949 (UK) more
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Good solid melodrama of modest aspirations. more (1 total)
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(Credited cast) | Joan Maude | ... | Lady Clifford |
| Arnold Bell | ... | Dr. Leroy |
| Don Stannard | ... | Derek Clifford |
| Shirley Quentin | ... | Nurse |
| John Stuart | ... | Sir Charles Clifford |
| Ferdy Mayne | ... | Julian |
| Conrad Phillips | ... | Captain Green |
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85 min
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This melodrama features an intense performance by Joan Maude as a vain, self-centred second wife of an older man, who is prepared to kill him and his son to get the money to indulge her lover, her gambling addiction, and her craving for luxury. It is uncanny how much Joan Maude resembles Hedy Lamarr, and I did seriously wonder! Arnold Bell as an idealistic doctor corrupted by the desire to get the money to found a hospital and complete his medical research is convincing and striking in his role. The direction by Oswald Mitchell is remarkably wooden, and some of the actors appear to be reading their lines from cards over each other's shoulders. The budget could hardly have been lower. Don Stannard as the son is stolid but uninspired, but Shirley Quentin as the nurse whom he wants to marry is cheery and charming. This postwar British B picture has real entertainment value if you do not mind the low production standards and the lack of spontaneity of some of the performances, as well as the creaking direction and editing. The plot is rather complex, apparently as a result of coming from an uncredited novel, which results in this film rising slightly above its natural level. You can readily imagine the missing 200 pages of the story which didn't fit into the film. It is a pleasant diversion if you like British B movies of the period, and enjoy studying the obsolete manners of the time, which are well conveyed. Ferdy Mayne is suitably unctuous, mannered, and creepy as the cad, and is a true period type.