Directed by:
Leslie ArlissCast:
Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Stewart Granger, Helen Haye, Martita Hunt, Nora Swinburne, Diana King, A.E. Matthews, Beatrice Varley (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
At an estate auction in WWII England, two strangers meet and muse about their families' history and possible connections. Flashbacks reveal the story of the sweet, rich, and beautiful Clarissa Richmond and her friendship with bitter, impoverished Hesther Snow. Their fates are intertwined even as their paths diverge. Clarissa marries the handsome but cruel Marquis of Rohan while Hesther becomes an actress. Eventually, the two women meet again and Clarissa brings the scheming Hesther into her household. As Clarissa searches for true love, Hesther plots to take away everything that belongs to her. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Margaret Lockwood
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Phyllis Calvert
UK
Best movies:
Mandy (1952)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Indiscreet (1958)
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Stewart Granger
UK
Best movies:
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
The Last Hunt (1956)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Helen Haye
India
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Martita Hunt
Argentina
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
Becket (1964)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Nora Swinburne
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Quo Vadis (1951)
The Citadel (1938)
Diana King
UK
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
A.E. Matthews
UK
Best movies:
Man with a Million (1954)
The Adventures of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Beatrice Varley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Hell Drivers (1957)
The Wild Heart (1950)
Amy Veness
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
The Magic Box (1951)
Ann Wilton
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
The Man in Grey (1943)
Raymond Lovell
Canada
Best movies:
The Invaders (1941)
Contraband (1940)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)