Follows three women through their first day of freedom after they are released from prison.Follows three women through their first day of freedom after they are released from prison.Follows three women through their first day of freedom after they are released from prison.
John Adams
- Tube Train Passenger
- (uncredited)
Edward Evans
- Commissionaire
- (uncredited)
Hilda Fenemore
- Granny's Daughter
- (uncredited)
Otto Friese
- Subway Passenger
- (uncredited)
Robert Gregory
- Passer-by
- (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
- Newspaper Seller
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaDame Joan Collins (Stella) is shown outside a cinema where "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1952), starring Gregory Peck, is playing. Joan subsequently co-starred with Gregory in "The Bravados" (1958).
- GoofsGranny Quilliam buys a quantity of meat from the butcher although meat rationing was still in force at the time the film was released and didn't end until July 1954.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Secret History of Our Streets: Portland Road (2012)
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Fine Performances and Visuals; Muddled Script
Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins and Kathleen Harrison are released from prison into the hustle and bustle of London on the same day, with varying degrees of resolution to go straight. They agree to meet for dinner at a posh restaurant -- Miss Mitchell's treat. The movie covers the day and their varying success.
It's well performed by three actresses: Miss Harrison plays her scrublady from SCROOGE, transported a century and a quarter into the future. jugged on fifteen counts of shoplifting; Miss Mitchell is an well-to-do young woman who loved unwisely but too well and took the fall for her burglar boyfriend; and Joan Collins.... well, she looks like a cheap piece of goods, but she's scheduled to marry a bus driver.
It's based on a novel and the screenplay is, I fear, somewhat muddled, with the random nature of events leading to random outcomes. The actresses give excellent performances, and director Jack Lee, in cooperation with cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth, sets up the final fifteen minutes in a striking manner. He clearly had a fine eye for the streets of the city, having worked for the GPO as assistant director to LONDON CAN TAKE IT! His abilities helming a fiction movie were shakier, but given the performances and visuals, this one is worth a look.
It's well performed by three actresses: Miss Harrison plays her scrublady from SCROOGE, transported a century and a quarter into the future. jugged on fifteen counts of shoplifting; Miss Mitchell is an well-to-do young woman who loved unwisely but too well and took the fall for her burglar boyfriend; and Joan Collins.... well, she looks like a cheap piece of goods, but she's scheduled to marry a bus driver.
It's based on a novel and the screenplay is, I fear, somewhat muddled, with the random nature of events leading to random outcomes. The actresses give excellent performances, and director Jack Lee, in cooperation with cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth, sets up the final fifteen minutes in a striking manner. He clearly had a fine eye for the streets of the city, having worked for the GPO as assistant director to LONDON CAN TAKE IT! His abilities helming a fiction movie were shakier, but given the performances and visuals, this one is worth a look.
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- boblipton
- Apr 5, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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