This Was a Woman

Year: 1948

Runtime: 102 mins

Language: English

Director: Tim Whelan

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Sylvia Russell is a power‑driven woman whose single‑minded goals make her manipulate her children. She maintains a sadistic hold over her son and daughter, steering their lives to serve her aims. By corrupting a servant girl she sabotages her daughter's marriage, then uses the maid to compromise the son‑in‑law, while slowly eroding her timid, unambitious husband's confidence.

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