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Fortune Is a Woman

Genres
Thriller
Crime
Rating
6.8
Status
Released
Release Date1957-03-13
Runtime95 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Keywords
film noir
british noir

Cast & Crew

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Jack Hawkins

as Oliver Branwell

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Arlene Dahl

as Sarah Moreton Branwell

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Dennis Price

as Tracey Moreton

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Violet Farebrother

as Mrs. Moreton

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Ian Hunter

as Clive Fisher

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Malcolm Keen

as Old Abercrombie

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Geoffrey Keen

as Michael Abercrombie aka Young Abercrombie

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Patrick Holt

as Fred Connor

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John Robinson

as Berkeley Reckitt

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Michael Goodliffe

as Detective Insp. Barnes

Reviews

1
C

CinemaSerf

Jul 26, 2024

7/10

A better than average crime noir that features Jack Hawkins as an insurance investigator drafted in, on Christmas Eve, to investigate a fire at a country house. When he gets there he discovers an old flame (Irene Dahl) married to the owner (Dennis Price). When he dies in a second fire at the house, Hawkins suspects that she was behind it for the in…

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