1946 drama based on the play by Roland Pertwee. Googie Withers plays Pearl Bond, the frustrated wife of an 1880s Brighton tavern keeper. Looking for a way to escape her marriage, Pearl persuades a chemist's son to act as accomplice in a murder plot...
Ealing Studios classic directed by Robert Hamer.
Extras
Interview with Joanna McCallum – Daughter of Googie Withers
Interview with Melanie Williams - Senior Lecturer in Film Studies UEA