Blanche Fury( 1948)

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Young, lovely, passionately beautiful ... and her love was as wild and tempestuous as her name !

Overview

Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.

Top Billed Cast

Valerie Hobson
Blanche Fury
Stewart Granger
Philip Thorn
Michael Gough
Laurence Fury
Walter Fitzgerald
Simon Fury
Susanne Gibbs
Lavinia
Maurice Denham
Maj. Fraser
Sybille Binder
Louisa
Ernest Jay
Calamy
Townsend Whitling
Banks
J.H. Roberts
Doctor
Allan Jeayes
Mr. Weatherby
Edward Lexy
Col. Jenkins
Arthur Wontner
Lord Rudford
Amy Veness
Mrs. Winterbourne
Cherry London
Molly
George Woodbridge
Aimes
Lionel Grose
Jordon
Bryan Herbert
Elliot
Margaret Withers
Mrs. Hawkes
Norman Pierce
Coroner
Wilfrid Caithness
Clerk of Court
James Dale
Judge
Cecil Ramage
Prosecuting Counsel
David Ward
First Clerk
Sidney Benson
Second Clerk
M.E. Clifton James
Prison Governor
Michael Brennan
Farmer
Charles Saynor
Second Farmer
Alexander Field
Third Farmer
Marie Ault
Old Gypsy

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022

There is certainly something of the Daphne du Maurier in this melodrama about a dashing, but illegitimate son (Stewart Granger) obsessed with regaining an inheritance denied him from the right side of the blanket. When the "Fuller" family, who have legally taken possession of "Clare Hall" arrive, they send for their poverty stricken but independently minded cousin "Blanche" (Valerie Hobson) to come and live with them and ultimately, to marry the son "Lawrence" (Michael Gough). She mistakes Granger ("Philip Thorn") for a family member at the outset and the story tries to reconcile her own sense ...