Fortune Is a Woman
They Can't Kiss Away Their Conscience
1957 | 95m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Sidney Gilliat |
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| Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Val Valentine, Winston Graham |
| Staring: |
| An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 13, 1957 |
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| Director: | Sidney Gilliat |
| Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Val Valentine, Winston Graham |
| Genres: | Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | film noir, british noir |
| Production Companies | Individual Pictures, John Harvel Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jack Hawkins | Oliver Branwell |
| Arlene Dahl | Sarah Moreton Branwell |
| Dennis Price | Tracey Moreton |
| Violet Farebrother | Mrs. Moreton |
| Ian Hunter | Clive Fisher |
| Malcolm Keen | Old Abercrombie |
| Geoffrey Keen | Michael Abercrombie aka Young Abercrombie |
| Patrick Holt | Fred Connor |
| John Robinson | Berkeley Reckitt |
| Michael Goodliffe | Detective Insp. Barnes |
| Martin Lane | Det. Constable Watson |
| Bernard Miles | Mr. Jerome |
| Christopher Lee | Charles Highbury |
| Greta Gynt | Vere Litchen |
| John Phillips | Willis Croft |
| Patricia Marmont | Ambrosine |
| George A. Cooper | Hotel Porter |
| Rosalind Knight | (uncredited) |
| Leslie Perrins | Chairman of Tribunal |
| Ben Williams | Caller (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sidney Gilliat | Screenplay, Director |
| Frank Launder | Screenplay |
| Val Valentine | Screenplay |
| Winston Graham | Novel |
| William Alwyn | Music |
| Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
| Geoffrey Foot | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sidney Gilliat | Producer |
| Frank Launder | Producer |
| Leslie Gilliat | Associate Producer |
| John Harvel | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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A better than average crime noir that features Jack Hawkins as an insurance investigator drafted in, on Christmas Eve, to investigate a fire at a country house. When he gets there he discovers an old flame (Irene Dahl) married to the owner (Dennis Price). When he dies in a second fire at the house, ... Hawkins suspects that she was behind it for the insurance cash, but she convinces him not and they marry and all seems straightforward until a blackmailer rears his ugly head and together they have to try to get to the bottom of things. Hawkins is good in this, he keeps it all tense and although the plot does trip over itself once or twice, a good supporting cast including Ian Hunter and Geoffrey Keen make this quite an intriguing mystery with plenty of red herrings to keep us hooked.