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The Whisperers

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.

Release Date : 1967-07-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : United ArtistsPinewood FilmsPinewood Studios (LK)C.T.S. Studios

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mrs Ross

Original Name : Edith Evans

Gender : Female

Character Name : Archie Ross

Original Name : Eric Portman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Ross

Original Name : Ronald Fraser

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Girl Upstairs

Original Name : Nanette Newman

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Man Upstairs

Original Name : Harry Baird

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Sargeant

Original Name : Jack Austin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Conrad

Original Name : Gerald Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Conrad's Colleague

Original Name : Lionel Gamlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Redeemer

Original Name : Oliver MacGreevy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Weaver

Original Name : Kenneth Griffith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Noonan

Original Name : Avis Bunnage

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grogan

Original Name : John Orchard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Publican

Original Name : Peter Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs Ross When Young

Original Name : Sarah Forbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mavis Noonan

Original Name : Penny Spencer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jimmy Noonan

Original Name : Kaplan Kaye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Noonan

Original Name : Michael Robbins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Negro Doctor

Original Name : Frank Singuineau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainclothes Policeman

Original Name : Michael Francis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Shona Lesley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Beth Owen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Doctor

Original Name : Roy Herrick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Psychiatrist

Original Name : Robin Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistance Board Officer

Original Name : Leonard Rossiter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caretaker

Original Name : George Spence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Almoner

Original Name : Margaret Tyzack

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Terry Eliot

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ticket Collector

Original Name : George Hilsdon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prostitute

Original Name : Clare Kelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man in N.A.B Office

Original Name : Charlie Bird

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Fish

Original Name : Max Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andy

Original Name : Robert Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Street

Original Name : Max Rawnsley

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Attacker

Original Name : Allan O'Keefe

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Attacker

Original Name : Francis Flynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Young Man

Original Name : Michael Lees

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Young Man

Original Name : Tom Kempinski

Gender : Male

Character Name : 3rd Young Man

Original Name : Roy Maxwell

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-18

Dame Edith Evans received her third Oscar nomination for this splendid performance as the ageing "Mrs. Ross". A lady with a seemingly limited grip on lucidity - frequently claiming to be a countess, or a member of the Order of the Garter - who is expecting her £40,000 inheritance to arrive at any moment, but living in penury/on charity meantime. When her son "Charlie" (Ronald Fraser) turns up expectedly he leaves a package that she discovers a few days later. Can her dreams have come true? She is an honest woman, and when she goes to tell the kindly National Assistance man "Conrad" (Gerald Sim) that she will no longer need their help, she falls in with an unscrupulous woman who takes her for a drink, robs her and with her family leave her lying on the bombed-out road where she is discovered by her upstair neighbours. Hospital then enter her estranged, untrustworthy husband "Archie" (an effective Eric Portman) who cares little for her, pinches from her purse before becoming embroiled with some local gangster types. Bryan Forbes has put together a superb supporting cast - many British household names who deal, abeit tangentially, with not just issues of poverty, criminality and neglect, but of race and colour too. Essentially, though, this is really a tour de force from an accomplished actor very much at the top of her game. Her nuanced and emotive portrayal of this character demonstrates a decency through her dotage; a humanity and kindness that shines through even though her grasp on reality is tenuous at best. The photography is often close-up, and the facial expressions convey that which a thousand words could not. Well worth a watch.