If Winter Comes (1947)
A.S.M. Hutchinson's beloved classic of English countryside life becomes a screen masterpiece !
97 min
The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friendship with Effie, a young pregnant girl. As the townsfolk theorize that Mark is the baby's father, Effie - already troubled because of her impending motherhood - commits suicide, and circulating rumors lead the authorities to think Mark killed her. The innocent writer must fight to clear his name.
- Release date
- December 31, 1947
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Walter Pidgeon as Mark Sabre
- Deborah Kerr as Nona Tybar
- Angela Lansbury as Mabel Sabre
- Binnie Barnes as Natalie Bagshaw
- Janet Leigh as Effie Bright
- May Whitty as Mrs. Perch
- Rene Ray as Sarah, 'Low Jinks'
- Virginia Keiley as Rebecca, 'High Jinks'
- Reginald Owen as Mr. Fortune
- John Abbott as Mr. Twyning
Crew
- Victor Saville · Director
- Marguerite Roberts · Writer
- Arthur Wimperis · Writer
- A.S.M. Hutchinson · Writer
- Pandro S. Berman · Producer
- Herbert Stothart · Composer
- George J. Folsey · Cinematographer
- Ferris Webster · Editor