UK, 1948
91m
35mm film, colour, 1.37:1
mono (RCA Sound System), English
A British borderline horror film directed by Lance Comfort.
Plot Summary
Emily takes a job on a farm and inflames the passions of the local men, to the dismay of the women. Dan, a man from Emily’s past, turns up claiming that Emily tried to kill him, and then he’s found murdered in the barn…
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Lance Comfort
© [not given on screen]
A Paramount British Production. An A.R. Shipman production. Produced by Alliance Studios, Hammersmith, London
Executive Producer: James A. Carter
Produced by: Victor Hanbury
Screenplay by: Max Catto
Based on the Play by: Max Catto *
Director of Photography: Stanley Pavey
Editor: Lito Carruthers
Music by: Clifton Parker
Director of Sound: George Burgess
Sound Recordist: Len Page
Wardrobe Supervisor: Dorothy Sinclair
Make-up Supervisor: Nell Taylor
Hairdresser: Ida Mills
Supervising Art Director: Andrew Mazzei
Art Director: Ivan King
Cast
Anne Crawford (Bess Stanforth)
Maxwell Reed (Dan)
George Thorpe (Mr Tallent)
Barry Morse (Robert Stanforth)
Liam Redmond (Father Corcoran)
Cyril Smith (Joe)
Honor Blackman (Julie Tallent)
Denis Gordon (Saul Trevethick)
Grant Tyler (Larry Tallent)
Norman Shelley
George Merritt (constable)
Ann Clery (Miss Foley)
Arthur Hambling (Jacob)
David Greene (David Price)
Leslie Armstrong
Iris Vandeleur
‘Thorn’ (dog)
Siobhan McKenna (Emily ‘Emmy’ Beaudine)
Bartlett Mullins [Irish shopkeeper] *
Alternative Titles
A Filha das Trevas – Brazil
Fille maudite – France
La hija de las tinieblas – Mexico, Spain
Tochter der Finsternis – Germany
Oskuld eller djävul – Sweden
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein 1967 Annual p.36
- Today’s Cinema vol.84 no.7262 (9 May 1955) p.8
- Today’s Cinema vol.70 no.5600 (23 January 1948
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.15 no.170 (February 1948) p.15
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2126 (29 January 1948) p.20, 22 – review
- We Belong Dead no.43 (October 2024) pp.30-31 – illustrated review (by David Dent)
Books
- British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959 by David Quinlan p.202 – credits, synopsis
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.37, 38, 38, 39, 159
- The Irish Filmography: Fiction Films, 1896-1996 by Kevin Rockett (ed.) p.153-154
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.88
- Serial Killer Cinema: An Analytical Filmography by Robert Cetti p.113
