This Was a Woman

This Was a Woman

1948 · 102 min · ★ 5.7 · Crime, Drama

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...

Directed by Tim Whelan · Written by Val Valentine

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