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Bad Sister

Original title: The White Unicorn
  • 19471947
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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The White Unicorn (1947)
  • Drama
In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
30
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Bernard Knowles
  • Writers
    • Flora Sandstrom(novel "The White Unicorn")
    • Moie Charles(screenplay)
    • A.R. Rawlinson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Margaret Lockwood
    • Joan Greenwood
    • Ian Hunter
Top credits
  • Director
    • Bernard Knowles
  • Writers
    • Flora Sandstrom(novel "The White Unicorn")
    • Moie Charles(screenplay)
    • A.R. Rawlinson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Margaret Lockwood
    • Joan Greenwood
    • Ian Hunter
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    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Ian Hunter and Margaret Lockwood in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Ian Hunter in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Julia Lockwood and Margaret Lockwood in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Joan Greenwood and Margaret Lockwood in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, and Jan Van Loewen in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Ian Hunter and Margaret Lockwood in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Margaret Lockwood and Dennis Price in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Margaret Lockwood in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Joan Greenwood in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Dennis Price in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Ian Hunter in The White Unicorn (1947)
    Eileen Peel in The White Unicorn (1947)

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    Margaret Lockwood
    Margaret Lockwood
    • Lucyas Lucy
    Joan Greenwood
    Joan Greenwood
    • Lottie Smithas Lottie Smith
    Ian Hunter
    Ian Hunter
    • Philip Templaras Philip Templar
    Dennis Price
    Dennis Price
    • Richard Gloveras Richard Glover
    Eileen Peel
    Eileen Peel
    • Joanas Joan
    Guy Middleton
    Guy Middleton
    • Fobeyas Fobey
    Catherine Lacey
    Catherine Lacey
    • Miss Cateras Miss Cater
    Paul Dupuis
    Paul Dupuis
    • Paulas Paul
    Bryl Wakely
    • Matron of Remand homeas Matron of Remand home
    Joan Rees
    • Alice Waltersas Alice Walters
    Mabel Constanduros
    Mabel Constanduros
    • Nurseas Nurse
    Lily Kann
    • Shuraas Shura
    Valentine Dyall
    Valentine Dyall
    • Stortonas Storton
    Julia Lockwood
    Julia Lockwood
    • Noreyas Norey
    Vernon Conway
    • Son of Pompous Matronas Son of Pompous Matron
    Kyra Vayne
    • Singeras Singer
    Cecil Bevan
    • Clerk to the Assizesas Clerk to the Assizes
    • (uncredited)
    John Boxer
    • Billas Bill
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Bernard Knowles
    • Writers
      • Flora Sandstrom(novel "The White Unicorn")
      • Moie Charles(screenplay)
      • A.R. Rawlinson(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
    • flashback
    • tearjerker
    • told in flashback
    • drinking tea
    • squalor
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    • Taglines
      • How Can Love Be So Wrong for One Woman - And So Right for Another!
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      • Drama
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    Pour some tea and we'll exchange stories. In flashbacks.
    Which is what Margaret Lockwood says to Joan Greenwood..."You tell me your story, and I'll tell you mine," so they take alternating turns, five minutes at a time, making this Brit sudser no problem for the placement of television commercials.

    Lockwood is running a home (reform school) for juvenile delinquents and Greenwood is a certified J.D. but Lockwood gets first turn at tell-me-yours and I'll-tell-you mine. Well, Lockwood had wealth, beauty and position but her husband (dry-as-a-desert Ian Hunter) wasn't much in the loving department, so she was unhappy.

    Greenwood had none of these items, and was also unhappy.

    After alternating flashbacks---which beats the heck out of flashbacks-within-flashbacks---Lockwood divorces Hunter because he hired a nurse to take care of their child, so she ups and divorces him for that and a couple of other reasons. She weds dashing-and-daring Dennis Price, but he drowns. Lockwood takes the job at the J.D. home.

    Greenwood came from squalor and a home with many kids, and ran away to the big city and is soon with child but the fast-talker who put her in that position isn't interested in marrying anybody who would be dumb enough to believe anything he says. Greenwood tries to gas the child, and fails but is sent to the home ran by Lockwood.

    This takes about 80 minutes to unfold---five minutes at a time for each story--- and then Lockwood takes Greenwood to Judge Ian Hunter's court to help her get her baby returned, and there may be some irony in this. And there may not be.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 10, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The White Unicorn
    • Filming locations
      • Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Harold Huth Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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