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The Solitary Child (1958)

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Film details

Featuring

Philip Friend Barbara Shelley Sarah Lawson
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1958
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

"Whodunnit" about a young woman whose marriage to a gentleman farmer, acquitted of murdering his first wife, nearly leads to her own untimely end.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - James Random
    
    Philip Friend
  - Harriet
    
    Barbara Shelley
  - Ann
    
    Sarah Lawson
  - Jean
    
    Rona Anderson
  - Maggie
    
    Julia Lockwood
  - Mrs. Evans
    
    Catherine Lacey
  - Cyril
    
    Jack Watling
  - Mrs. Dennison
    
    Violet Farebrother
  - Archie
    
    John Fabian
  - Doctor
    
    Frank Forsythe
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Gerald Thomas
  - Production Company
    
    Beaconsfield Films Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Peter Rogers
  - Screenplay
    
    Robert Dunbar
  - Original novel
    
    Nina Bawden
  - Director of Photography
    
    Peter Hennessy
  - Editor
    
    Peter Boita
  - Art Director
    
    John Bodimead
  - Sound
    
    Richard Marden

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