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The Forbidden Street

"For herself alone...she must answer for what she was and did!"

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.

Top Cast

  • Maureen O'Hara

    Maureen O'Hara

    Adelaide 'Addie' Culver

  • Dana Andrews

    Dana Andrews

    Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale

  • Anne Butchart

    Anne Butchart

    Alice Hambro

  • Sybil Thorndike

    Sybil Thorndike

    Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey

  • Anthony Tancred

    Anthony Tancred

    Treff Culver

  • June Allen

    June Allen

    Young Adelaide

  • Fay Compton

    Fay Compton

    Mrs. Culver

  • Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Mr. Culver

  • A.E. Matthews

    A.E. Matthews

    Mr. Bly

Overview

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.

Rating

6.9 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jul 9, 2022

    Maureen O'Hara is a young girl who lives a well-to-do existence with her family until she takes a shine to her art teacher "Lambert" (Dana Andrews). Their relationship doesn't impress her family, but they press on anyway, set up on their own before, fairly soon, she rues the day. He turns out to be a bit of a lush. When an accident befalls him, she finds herself the subject of a pernicious blackmailing from an elderly neighbour - "Mrs. Mousey" (Dame Sybil Thorndyke) and her miserable life looks pretty set. Until, that is, another man enters her life - a man who bears a startling resemblance to her husband, and... It's quite a well paced story, this. Jean Negulesco keeps the story engaging without descending into melodrama, and Thorndyke is excellent as the avaricious old woman. The production detail is fine - the costumes and scenarios are decent enough, but the score - it really is weak, seemingly determined to slow the film down. There is some chemistry between O'Hara and Andrews that makes this just a little better than a routine costume drama and worth 90 minutes.

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