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This Was a Woman is a 1948 British crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Sonia Dresdel, Walter Fitzgerald and Emrys Jones.[1] It was made at the Riverside Studios with sets designed by the art directors Ivan King and Andrew Mazzei.[2] Based on a successful play by former film actress Joan Morgan,[3] its plot concerns an outwardly respectable family dominated by a murderous matriarch.[4]

This Was a Woman
Trade ad, Kinematograph Weekly, 1948
Directed by	Tim Whelan
Written by	Val Valentine (adapted from the film treatment by Joan Morgan)
Based on	play This Was a Woman by Joan Morgan
Produced by	Marcel Hellman
Starring	Sonia Dresdel Walter Fitzgerald Emrys Jones
Cinematography	Hal Britten Günther Krampf
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis
Music by	Mischa Spoliansky
Production company	Excelsior Films
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release dates	21 June 1948 (1948-06-21) (United Kingdom) 4 January 1949 (1949-01-04) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

References

Bibliography

• Michael F. Keaney. British Film Noir Guide. McFarland, 2008.

External links

• This Was a Woman at IMDb

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