This Was a Woman

This Was a Woman
Trade ad, Kinematograph Weekly, 1948
Directed byTim Whelan
Written byVal Valentine (adapted from the film treatment by Joan Morgan)
Based onplay This Was a Woman by Joan Morgan
Produced byMarcel Hellman
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byEdward B. Jarvis
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Excelsior Films
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release dates
  • 21 June 1948 (1948-06-21) (United Kingdom)
  • 4 January 1949 (1949-01-04) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

This Was a Woman is a 1948 British crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Sonia Dresdel, Walter Fitzgerald and Emrys Jones.[1] It was made at the Riverside Studios with sets designed by the art directors Ivan King and Andrew Mazzei.[2] Based on a successful play by former film actress Joan Morgan,[3] its plot concerns an outwardly respectable family dominated by a murderous matriarch.[4]

  1. ^ Keaney p.200
  2. ^ "This Was a Woman (1948)". Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Joan Morgan". Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
  4. ^ "This Was a Woman (1949) - Tim Whelan, Sr. - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.