Summary
The Loves of Joanna Godden is a British film first released in 1947,
directed by Charles Frend and Robert Hamer.
The film is based on a novel by Sheila Kaye Smith and stars Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond and Henry Mollison.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer
- Script: H.E. Bates, Angus MacPhail, Sheila Kaye Smith (novel)
- Photo: Douglas Slocombe
- Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Cast: Googie Withers (Joanna Godden), Jean Kent (Ellen Godden), John McCallum (Arthur Alce), Derek Bond (Martin Trevor), Henry Mollison (Harry Trevor), Chips Rafferty (Collard), Sonia Holm (Louise), Josephine Stuart (Grace Wickens), Alec Faversham (Peter Relf), Grace Arnold (Martha), Fred Bateman (Young Turk), Ethel Coleridge (Lighthouse keeper’s wife), Gilbert Davis (Godfrey), Douglas Jefferies (Huggett), Barbara Leake (Mrs Luckhurst), William Mervyn (Huxtable), Frederick Piper (Isaac Turk), Edward Rigby (Stuppeny), Betty Shale (Mrs. Vennal), Ronald Simpson (Rev. Brett), Dive Turk (Wilson)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 89 min; B&W
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