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The Forbidden Street

For herself alone...she must answer for what she was and did!

6.9(7)19491h 30m1

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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Released
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Language
English
  • blackmail
  • victorian england
  • life in the slums

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR3 May 1949
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical31 Mar 1949
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical3 Feb 1950
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical9 Jun 1950
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical7 Sept 1950
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical5 Feb 1951

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The Forbidden Street was released on 31 March 1949.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/9/2022

    7/10

    Maureen O'Hara is a young girl who lives a well-to-do existence with her family until she takes a shine to her art teacher "Lambert" (Dana Andrews). Their relationship doesn't impress her family, but they press on anyway, set up on their own before, fairly soon, she rues the day. He turns out to be a bit of a lush. When an accident befalls him, she finds herself the subject of a pernicious blackmailing from an elderl…

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