TMDb Rating
5.4/10
8 verified votes
This Was a Woman (1948)
CrimeDrama
102 min
Plot Summary
The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...
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CrimeDramaTim WhelanSonia DresdelWalter Fitzgerald1948
Director
Tim Whelan
Top Cast
Sonia DresdelWalter FitzgeraldEmrys JonesBarbara WhiteScott Forbes
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