After three women are released from prison, we follow them for their first day of freedom.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Yvonne Mitchell | ... | Monica Marsden | |
| Terence Morgan | ... | David | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Stella Jarvis | |
| Kathleen Harrison | ... | Granny Quilliam | |
| Thora Hird | ... | Mrs. Rowan, landlady | |
| Dorothy Alison | ... | Joan | |
| Glyn Houston | ... | Bob | |
| Geoffrey Keen | ... | Mr. Gregory | |
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Russell Waters | ... | George Jenkins |
| Clive Morton | ... | Walters | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Richard Massingham | ... | Bystander |
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Three women are released from Holloway prison on the same morning into the bustle of post-war London with its trolleybuses and rationing. They meet for a meal in the West End in the evening after a day trying to pick up their lives, and with at least two of them needing to decide whether it is time to start afresh. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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3 February 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Londres ocho campanadas See more »Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Johann Martini
Arranged by Mischa Spoliansky
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Joan Collins (Stella) is shown outside a cinema where "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", starring Gregory Peck, is playing. Five years later, Joan would be co-starring with Gregory in "The Bravados". See more »Goofs
Near the start of the film, a Piccadilly train arrives at an underground station bearing the destination board Uxbridge. When it arrives at the next station the destination has miraculously changed to Hounslow. See more »Soundtracks
Plaisir d'amour(uncredited)
Written by Johann Martini
Arranged by Mischa Spoliansky
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Rather cliched plot, but some nice period detail, if your interested in old film of London, youll really enjoy this tearjerking melodrama. A very young Joan Collins is adorable as the easily led West End girl Stella. Plenty of other classic British Movie faces too.