

The Forbidden Street
DirectorJean Negulesco
“For herself alone...she must answer for what she was and did!”
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
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Cast

Maureen O'Hara
Adelaide 'Addie' Culver

Dana Andrews
Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale

Anne Butchart
Alice Hambro

Sybil Thorndike
Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey
Anthony Tancred
Treff Culver
June Allen
Young Adelaide

Fay Compton
Mrs. Culver

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr. Culver

A.E. Matthews
Mr. Bly

Diane Hart
The Blazer
Mary Martlew
Milly Lauderdale
Ernest Hare
Policeman
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