Blanche Fury (1948)
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Blanche Fury combined two elements that were surefire moneymakers in postwar Britain: a brooding, Gothic-novel storyline and the dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger. Heroine Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) is an impoverished governess who marries into wealth and sets herself up as the mistress of a… More Blanche Fury combined two elements that were surefire moneymakers in postwar Britain: a brooding, Gothic-novel storyline and the dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger. Heroine Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) is an impoverished governess who marries into wealth and sets herself up as the mistress of a vast estate. Enter Heathcliffe-like stable boy Philip Thorn (Granger), who intends to run the estate and eventually claim Blanche as his own. After a torrid, bodice-ripping romance between Blanche and Philip, the story segues into a no-names-please reenactment of the infamous 19th-century "Rush Murder." To "explain" the motives of the characters, the screenwriters deviate from the original Joseph Shearing novel by imposing all sorts of 20th-century "psychological disturbances" upon hero and heroine, with an abruptness and lack of logic that takes the viewer's breath away. Up until the end, however, Blanche Fury is a prime example of high-budget postwar British melodrama. Oddly, despite its $1.5 million price tag, con brio performances and superb Technicolor cinematography, Blanche Fury was a box-office disappointment, bringing an end to the "Gothic cycle" that had begun so promisingly with 1943's The Man in Grey. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marc Allégret
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
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Cast
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Valerie Hobson
as Blanche Fury
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Stewart Granger
as Philip Thorn
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Michael Gough
as Lawrence Fury
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Walter Fitzgerald
as Simon Fury
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Suzanne Gibbs
as Lavinia Fury
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Maurice Denham
as Major Frazer
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Sybilla Binder
as Louisa
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Ernest Jay
as Gilamy
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Brian Herbert
as Elliot
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Allan Jeayes
as Wetherby
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Edward Lexy
as Col. Jenkins
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Amy Veness
as Mrs. Winterbourne
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Townsend Whitling
as Rinks
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Margaret Withers
as Mrs. Hawkes
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Arthur Wontner
as Lord Rudford
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George Woodbridge
as James
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Marie Ault
as Old Gypsy
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Michael Brennan
as Farmer
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M.E. Clifton-James
as Prison Governor
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James Dale
as Judge
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Alexander Field
as Third Farmer
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Norman Pierce
as Coroner
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John H. Roberts
as Doctor
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Lionel Grose
as Jordan
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David Ward
as First Clerk
- Susanne Gibbs
- Sybille Binder
