Fanny by Gaslight (Man of Evil) (1944)
Release Date: Mar 12, 1945 Wide
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In this period drama from England, Fanny Hopwood (Phyllis Calvert), upon graduating from finishing school, returns to her family's home in London. However, bad luck awaits her at nearly every turn. After her father is killed in a fist fight by the aristocratic but dastardly Lord Manderstoke (James Mason), whose social standing saves him from prosecution, Fanny learns that he was not in fact her real father, and that she is actually the bastard daughter of a member of Parliament. Shortly after
Mar 12, 1945 Wide
Cast
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Phyllis Calvert
Fanny Hopwood -
James Mason
Lord Manderstoke -
Wilfred Lawson
Chunks -
Stewart Granger
Harry Somerford -
Jean Kent
Lucy Beckett -
Margaretta Scott
Alicia -
Nora Swinburne
Mrs. Hopwood -
Cathleen Nesbitt
Kate Somerford -
Helen Haye
Mrs. Somerford -
John Laurie
William Hopwood -
Stuart Lindsell
Clive Seymore -
Amy Veness
Mrs. Heaviside -
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Guy le Feuvre
Dr. Lowenthall -
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Ann Stephens
Fanny as a Child -
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Ann Wilton
Carver -
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All Critics (3) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)
It's main problem is that it just plods along with no real forward impetus. I found it a long slog to finish.
If it's Victorian melodrama you're after, the movie does its best to fulfil your needs.
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