Ladies in Retirement (1941)
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Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.
- Date of release
- 1941-09-09
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (35)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Charles Vidor
Casting
- Ida Lupino — Ellen Creed
- Louis Hayward — Albert Feather
- Evelyn Keyes — Lucy
- Elsa Lanchester — Emily Creed
- Edith Barrett — Louisa Creed
- Isobel Elsom — Leonora Fiske
- Emma Dunn — Sister Theresa
- Queenie Leonard — Sister Agatha
- Clyde Cook — Bates
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2
Ladies in Retirement is a 1941 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward and Evelyn Keyes. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Lupino and Hayward were married at the time. It is based on the play of the same title by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy, produced in London in 1939 and New York in 1940.
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