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This Was a Woman
The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...
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The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...
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Genre:Crime, Drama
Written By:Val Valentine
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Runtime:102 minutes
Studio:Excelsior Film Productions
Cast
Tim Whelan
Director
Sonia Dresdel
Sylvia Russell
Walter Fitzgerald
Arthur Russell
Emrys Jones
Terry Russell
Barbara White
Fenella Russell
Scott Forbes
Dr. Valentine Christie (billed as "Julian Dallas")
Cyril Raymond
Austin Penrose
Celia Lipton
Effie Holmes
Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Holmes
Joan Hickson
Miss Johnson
Lesley Osmond
Sally
Kynaston Reeves
Dr. Morrison
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