Release Date

08 May, 1944

Runtime

01:47: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.

Original Title

Fanny by Gaslight

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Actors

James Mason

Phyllis Calvert

Stewart Granger

Jean Kent

Wilfrid Lawson

Margaretta Scott

John Laurie

Cathleen Nesbitt

Helen Haye

Nora Swinburne

Stuart Lindsell

Amy Veness

Ann Wilton

Guy Le Feuvre

Ann Stephens

Esma Cannon

Beresford Egan

Helen Goss

Peter Jones

Vi Kaley

Virginia Keiley

Crew

Doreen Montgomery

Edward Black

Arthur Crabtree

Anthony Asquith

Elizabeth Haffenden

Louis Levy

W.T. Partleton

R. E. Dearing

John Bryan

Michael Sadleir

Aimée Stuart

Cedric Mallabey

Arthur Alcott

B. C. Sewell