The Last Days of Dolwyn

The Last Days of Dolwyn
Directed byEmlyn Williams
Written byEmlyn Williams
Produced byAnatole de Grunwald
StarringEdith Evans
Emlyn Williams
Richard Burton
Anthony James
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Maurice Rootes
Music byJohn DH Greenwood
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 13 April 1949 (1949-04-13)[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish, Welsh
Box office£96,772 (UK)[2]

The Last Days of Dolwyn (renamed Woman of Dolwyn for the American market)[3] is a 1949 British drama film directed by Emlyn Williams and starring Edith Evans, Emlyn Williams, Richard Burton and Anthony James.[4] The screenplay focuses on an impoverished Welsh village which becomes the site of a bitter power struggle between a callous developer and a stubborn widow.

The film marked the first film appearance of Burton, the first film appearance of Edith Evans since 1916, and the sole film to be directed by Emlyn Williams, who also wrote the screenplay.

  1. ^ The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) at IMDb
  2. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p489
  3. ^ 'The Last Days Of Dolwyn' 1949 at The Richard Burton Museum
  4. ^ The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) at British Film Institute website