A 1931 British romance where shadows hold secrets and marriages crumble in 87 minutes.
Acting
Tearle's tortured restraint versus O'Regan's wounded dignity.
Production
Early talkie intimacy in cramped British studio spaces.
Director
Norman Walker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Norman Walker directed over fifty films but remains obscure; this survives through BFI preservation efforts.
Made during Britain's transition to sound, the film's theatrical staging reveals early cinema's debt to stage melodrama.
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