24 Hours of a Woman's Life
How Many Women Would Do What Linda Venning Did?
1952 | 90m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Victor Saville |
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| Writer: | Stefan Zweig, Warren Chetham-Strode |
| Staring: |
| A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 10, 1952 |
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| Director: | Victor Saville |
| Writer: | Stefan Zweig, Warren Chetham-Strode |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | monte carlo, compulsive gambler |
| Production Companies | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Merle Oberon | Linda Venning |
| Richard Todd | the young man |
| Leo Genn | Robert Sterling |
| Stephen Murray | Father Andre Benoit |
| Peter Reynolds | Peter |
| Joan Dowling | Mrs. Barry |
| June Clyde | Mrs. Roche |
| Peter Illing | M. Blanc |
| Jacques Brunius | Concierge, Pension Lisa |
| Isabel Dean | Miss Johnson |
| Peter Jones | Bill |
| Yvonne Furneaux | Henriette |
| Mara Lane | Alice Brown |
| Robert Ayres | Frank Brown |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Victor Saville | Director |
| Stefan Zweig | Novel |
| Freddie Francis | Camera Operator |
| Warren Chetham-Strode | Writer |
| Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Philip Green | Music |
| Louis Levy | Music Director |
| Terence Verity | Art Direction |
| Richard Best | Editor |
| Cecil Thornton | Sound Recordist |
| Connie Reeve | Makeup Artist |
| Polly Young | Hairstylist |
| Frederick Gotfurt | Scenario Writer |
| John Redway | Casting Director |
| Harold V. King | Recording Supervision |
| Robert Gill | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ivan Foxwell | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Leo Genn is "Robert Sterling", a wealthy gent telling his friends in a café about a lady he knew once, in Monte Carlo. He was quite sweet on her - "Linda" (Merle Oberon), but she only had eyes for a dashing young man (Richard Todd) she helped out of a small cash-flow problem in the casino. Afterward ... s, they spent some time together, where they visited a small church and had luncheon with the local priest "Fr. Andre" (Stephen Murray) and his elderly mother, before she abandoned him once they had returned to Monaco. She couldn't make a clean break of it, though, and that night in the casino found him there, again, unable to control his addiction. There follows quite a scene as she tries to encourage him to stop, then we revert to the cafe scenario whereby the conclusion is explained. Mine wasn't the best edit of this film ever made, it seemed as if there were bits missing which really didn't help. Their rapid fire, intense, romance followed by her desertion is interesting, up to point, but there are too many holes. Why did she behave the way she did? We never really feel we get to know the characters at all. The ending is poor and the performances from all - I'm normally an huge fan of Genn - are really lacklustre. Some nice photography of the Côte D'Azur and Monegasque architecture help it out a little, but I'm afraid this is a all just a bit shallow.