Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
They Can't Kiss Away Their Conscience
An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
- Date of release
- 1957-03-13
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Sidney Gilliat
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Based on: Fortune Is a Woman
Fortune Is a Woman is a 1957 black-and-white British-American crime film noir directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Jack Hawkins and Arlene Dahl. The screenplay was written by Gilliat and Frank Launder from an adaptation by Val Valentine of the 1952 novel Fortune is a Woman by Winston Graham. The film's plot concerns a failed attempted insurance fraud.
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