TWILIGHT WOMEN is a one-time hard hitting social drama looking at the plight of young, unmarried pregnant women in the early 1950s. The setting is a kind of boarding house owned by Freda Jackson in a typically hard and villainous performance; her role is to help the young women in her care to give birth before selling the unwanted children on for adoption. The film covers mental illness, poverty, and crime, and was considered so hard-hitting in its day that it was the first British film to be awarded an 'X' certificate'.
Nowadays it all feels rather tame, of course, although as a piece of social drama it's still interesting from a historical perspective. The engaging cast includes a youthful Lois Maxwell alongside the always interesting Laurence Harvey and Dora Bryon. Rene Ray also does well and bags the majority of the screen time.
Nowadays it all feels rather tame, of course, although as a piece of social drama it's still interesting from a historical perspective. The engaging cast includes a youthful Lois Maxwell alongside the always interesting Laurence Harvey and Dora Bryon. Rene Ray also does well and bags the majority of the screen time.