''A Woman's Temptation'' is a low budget 1959 British
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Godfrey Grayson
Godfrey Ramsey H. Grayson (1913, Birkenhead, Cheshire – 1998, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey) was an English film director.
Selected filmography
* ''Doctor Morelle'' (1949)
* '' Meet Simon Cherry'' (1949)
* ''The Adventures of PC 49'' (1949)
* ' ...
and starring
Patricia Driscoll and
Robert Ayres.
Premise
A young widow struggling as a single mother is tempted by stolen money she finds, which she hides away to use for her son's education. Unfortunately, the thieves return to find it, and have to be confronted.
Cast
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Patricia Driscoll - Betty
*
Robert Ayres - Mike
*
John Pike - Jimmy
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Neil Hallett
Neil Hallett (born John W. Neil; 30 June 1924 – 5 December 2004) was a Belgian-born English actor. His stage name was taken from a combination of his proper surname, Neil, and his grandmother's maiden name, Hallet.
He appeared in many Briti ...
- Glynn
*
John Longden
John Longden (11 November 1900 – 26 May 1971) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1926 and 1964, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Biography
Longden was born in the West Indies, the son o ...
- Inspector Syms
*
Kenneth Warren - Warner
*
Robert Raglan
Robert Raglan (7 April 1909 – 18 July 1985) was a British actor best known for his semi-regular role in ''Dad's Army'' as Colonel Pritchard. He also starred in a number of other television series and films such as ''Fabian of the Yard'' (1954 ...
- Burly Policeman
*
Gordon Needham - Sergeant Martin
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Frazer Hines
Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor and appeared in ''A King in New York'' (1957) with Charlie Chaplin. He later played Jamie McCrimmon in ''Doctor Who'', appearing i ...
- Tommy
References
External links
*
''A Woman's Temptation''at
TCMDB
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1959 films
British crime drama films
1950s English-language films
1950s British films
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