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Daughter of Darkness( 1948)

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In her eyes... evil. On her lips... doom.

Overview

In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...

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      Siobhán McKenna

      Emily Beaudine

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      Anne Crawford

      Bess Stanforth

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      Maxwell Reed

      Dan

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      George Thorpe

      Mr. Tallent

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      Barry Morse

      Robert Stanforth

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      Liam Redmond

      Father Cocoran

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      Cyril Smith

      Joe

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      Honor Blackman

      Julie Tallent

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      Denis Goacher

      Saul Trevethick

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      Grant Tyler

      Larry Tallent

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      Norman Shelley

      Smithers

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      George Merritt

      Constable

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      Ann Clery

      Miss Foley

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      Arthur Hambling

      Jacob

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      David Greene

      David Price

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      Leslie Armstrong

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      Iris Vandeleur

      Mrs. Smithers

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Fri Mar 28 2014
    The Lilith Chapter. Daughter of Darkness is directed by Lance Comfort and adapted to screenplay by Max Catto from his own play titled They Walk Alone. It stars Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Siobhan McKenna, George Thorpe, Barry Morse, Liam Redmond, Cyril Smith and Honor Blackman. Music is by Clifton Parker and cinematography by Stanley Pavey. Emmie Beaudine (McKenna) isn't liked by the women folk of the Irish village community where she lives. There's something about her that riles them, frightens them even. So when the women of the village round up on her keeper, the priest, she is sent o...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • british noir