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ThrillerCrime

Fortune Is a Woman

- They Can't Kiss Away Their Conscience

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Release Date : 1957-03-13

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : John Harvel ProductionsIndividual Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : She Played with Fire

Cast

Jack Hawkins

Character Name : Oliver Branwell

Original Name : Jack Hawkins

Gender : Male

Arlene Dahl

Character Name : Sarah Moreton Branwell

Original Name : Arlene Dahl

Gender : Female

Dennis Price

Character Name : Tracey Moreton

Original Name : Dennis Price

Gender : Male

Violet Farebrother

Character Name : Mrs. Moreton

Original Name : Violet Farebrother

Gender : Female

Ian Hunter

Character Name : Clive Fisher

Original Name : Ian Hunter

Gender : Male

Malcolm Keen

Character Name : Old Abercrombie

Original Name : Malcolm Keen

Gender : Male

Geoffrey Keen

Character Name : Michael Abercrombie aka Young Abercrombie

Original Name : Geoffrey Keen

Gender : Male

Patrick Holt

Character Name : Fred Connor

Original Name : Patrick Holt

Gender : Male

John Robinson

Character Name : Berkeley Reckitt

Original Name : John Robinson

Gender : Male

Michael Goodliffe

Character Name : Detective Insp. Barnes

Original Name : Michael Goodliffe

Gender : Male

Martin Lane

Character Name : Det. Constable Watson

Original Name : Martin Lane

Gender : Male

Bernard Miles

Character Name : Mr. Jerome

Original Name : Bernard Miles

Gender : Male

Christopher Lee

Character Name : Charles Highbury

Original Name : Christopher Lee

Gender : Male

Greta Gynt

Character Name : Vere Litchen

Original Name : Greta Gynt

Gender : Female

John Phillips

Character Name : Willis Croft

Original Name : John Phillips

Gender : Male

Patricia Marmont

Character Name : Ambrosine

Original Name : Patricia Marmont

Gender : Female

George A. Cooper

Character Name : Hotel Porter

Original Name : George A. Cooper

Gender : Male

Rosalind Knight

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Rosalind Knight

Gender : Female

Leslie Perrins

Character Name : Chairman of Tribunal

Original Name : Leslie Perrins

Gender : Male

Ben Williams

Character Name : Caller (uncredited)

Original Name : Ben Williams

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-26

A better than average crime noir that features Jack Hawkins as an insurance investigator drafted in, on Christmas Eve, to investigate a fire at a country house. When he gets there he discovers an old flame (Irene Dahl) married to the owner (Dennis Price). When he dies in a second fire at the house, Hawkins suspects that she was behind it for the insurance cash, but she convinces him not and they marry and all seems straightforward until a blackmailer rears his ugly head and together they have to try to get to the bottom of things. Hawkins is good in this, he keeps it all tense and although the plot does trip over itself once or twice, a good supporting cast including Ian Hunter and Geoffrey Keen make this quite an intriguing mystery with plenty of red herrings to keep us hooked.