Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine's other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine's hopes of marriage - by threatening to reveal George's scandalous secret to his son.
Acting
Marian Spencer's simmering maternal fury steals every scene.
Writing
Wickedly efficient plotting, 86 minutes of pure dysfunction.
Director
Charles Frank
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This forgotten British melodrama captures postwar anxiety about shifting sexual norms and class mobility.
William Russell later became beloved as Ian Chesterton in Doctor Who — quite the pivot from spineless mama's boy.
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