Blanche Fury

11/23/19481h 30m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Young, lovely, passionately beautiful ... and her love was as wild and tempestuous as her name ! ~

Overview:

Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.

Director:

Marc Allégret

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,500,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

murder
governess

Cast

Valerie Hobson

~ as ~

Blanche Fury

Stewart Granger

~ as ~

Philip Thorn

Michael Gough

~ as ~

Laurence Fury

Walter Fitzgerald

~ as ~

Simon Fury

Susanne Gibbs

~ as ~

Lavinia

Maurice Denham

~ as ~

Maj. Fraser

Sybille Binder

~ as ~

Louisa

Ernest Jay

~ as ~

Calamy

Townsend Whitling

~ as ~

Banks

J.H. Roberts

~ as ~

Doctor

View full cast & crew

Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
There is certainly something of the Daphne du Maurier in this melodrama about a dashing, but illegitimate son (Stewart Granger) obsessed with regaining an inheritance denied him from the right side of the blanket. When the "Fuller" family, who have legally taken possession of "Clare Hall" arrive, they send for their poverty stricken but independently minded cousin "Blanche" (Valerie Hobson) to come and live with them and ultimately, to marry the son "Lawrence" (Michael Gough). She mistakes Granger ("Philip Thorn") for a family member at the outset and the story tries to reconcile her own sense of duty - and ambition - with her smouldering love for "Philip". This is a good looking film with a plot that has plenty of twists and turns, though the ending is a bit too drawn out and melodramatic which rather drags the whole thing down a bit. The lead performances, and that of Gough, are good though and I found the story was just about intriguing enough to hold my interest.