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
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]
^Keaney p.200
^"This Was a Woman (1948)". Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.
^"Joan Morgan". Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
^"This Was a Woman (1949) - Tim Whelan, Sr. - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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