I’m 65. This is a great movie. The quote “One must forgive the times one lives in,” hit me. I’m not sure I can forgive this present time of irrationality, lunacy, and the suicidality of Western life. Seeing British society in this movie broke my heart.

@eleanorclub

5 ай бұрын

💯True--and put well. Thank you.

@henrycantrell6397

5 ай бұрын

And it's only going to get worse I believe we are in the end times don't believe me read the Bible

@susannah1066

5 ай бұрын

@@henrycantrell6397 Absolutely.

@jimcrawford3185

5 ай бұрын

Are you suggesting that we re all strapped into an Orwellian clownworld rocket sled to hell?

@susannah1066

5 ай бұрын

@@jimcrawford3185 It's nearly 2000 yrs in 2032 since Jesus returned to heaven. 70 yrs since 6 day war [67] Revelation 13:16,17-sounds like the great Re-set. I believe the Rapture will happen within the next 10 yrs.

Terrific story. Good acting. Mystery held me captivated til end. Arlene Dahl stayed stunningly beautiful til her end. Enviously woman perfection.

These older Uk films r outstanding & underrated. Glad 4 Yt b/c I now have watched most of them.

Surprisingly good. Jack Hawkins is a workhorse, excellent cinematography, fine supporting cast, intelligent plot.

This was one of the best films I've watched in ages, thank you

FABULOUSS English movie!! I am a 72 year old Anglophile and a longtime fan of Jack Hawkins. Arlene Dahl was exceptional in this particular role. More in a similar vein please!

@donnacaporaso1762

5 ай бұрын

Well I found out what I wanted to know reading a comment

What a shocker. That really was American actress Arleen Dahl beauty mark and all. I kept thinking GB must have created their own version as her British accent was impeccable, and her acting ability was far superior to that breathy sex kitten B rated studio junk her studio usually stuck her with. Such a shame she was never given a American opportunity to show us and develop her true talent. Thanks for the good film.

@Ddax-td7qy

5 ай бұрын

I think Yvonne De Carlo was underestimated same way.

@ThePiratemachine

5 ай бұрын

And Sally Gray looks like.

I love that doctors would "collect you for an Xray"! And poodles eating lunch at the restaurant! Adults being adults with no one impeding their comings and goings or limits on this and that. I envy those who lived through such a gracious, freedom filled age!

Excellent. Breath of fresh air in the drivel atmosphere of movies generally.

Let me thank You a thousand times for showing this film.

That scene with mom n law. The cut from the house to the board room was amazing. Great film! New sub

Mr. Hawkins has done a remarkable job. Good to see old Dracula in a different venue too. Thanks for posting.

Twist and turn, then another twist and turn. DANG!! A viewer could get neck pains watching this slick flick. Thanks E.P.S.

Old British movies from the 40s & 50s are the best !

@frankiewoodhouse2914

5 ай бұрын

She played With Fire

The plot maintains your interest throughout, a very enjoyable film.

Jack Hawkins - great actor film star, with a superbly great voice…and manner. My old English and Form Master was very much like him in build, features and manner, even voice manner …indeed at times I wonder whether one or t’other modelled himself on t’other!…

Judith Moore What a gem of a film. Really riveting. Full of suspense. Arlene Dahl was stunning. Brilliant.

I shall always trust a Jack Hawkins flic.

I loved AD in Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Verbal jousting with James Mason.

This movie had me captivated from the get go. Wonderful camera work and musical score. Loved the entire thing.

Jack Hawkins and Michael Goodliffe were in a tremendous amount of films. I recognized a couple of the other British players as well. Was a good watch.

This movie is called Fortune Is a Woman (1957). starring Jack Hawkins and Arlene Dahl.

@thatguyinelnorte

19 күн бұрын

Also "She Played with Fire"

@22jaydogg

17 күн бұрын

Thanks! No wonder it wouldn’t come up searching for eternal intrigue!

Jack Hawkins had charisma. After throat cancer invaded his life, he still worked. Another actor dumbed his lines.

@ziblot1235

2 ай бұрын

Didnt know that.

Thank you so much for sharing that movie..I just love Jack Hawkins, and had not seen this one. I actually was in secondary school with his niece Rita and she spoke about her Uncle Jack often :)

oh how I wished our Insu and companies acted like this nowadays... oh well just loved every second of his film. First time I've seen Jack Hawkins in a very romantic role. lovely man.

Movies from this era of British Filmmaking are a pleasure to experience. I have never heard of this brilliant Mystery / Suspense picture but I'm happy to have discovered it.

I love these old movies. So civilized.

@markeggins890

5 ай бұрын

and stylish!

Thank you so much for posting this film. Jack Hawkins is a great actor and I always look forward to seeing films with him in them. You're then guaranteed to watch a great film, if he is in it. Thanks again. All best wishes from Rose. 🌹

Lovely twists. Excellent. Romance , drama , crime.

Hawkins deserves star on Hollywood blvd. At least Linwood ave, royal oak mi

Hawkins, good actor, GREAT rifle. Glad found this. Uncle Jack plays it cagey here. Good one.

Jack was a great actor

Excellent film. So unlike the typical insurance fraud cases.

I know it was Christmas Eve,but drink/driving,tut-tut!

Thanks for the upload. Jack Hawkins was always good. I’ll never forgive Lloyds for destroying their magnificent, highest quality building (00:30) by one of Britain’s great architects, Edwin Cooper. You can see the quality of his work at the Four Seasons Hotel, 10 Trinity Square which fortunately was saved.

@helloEther

5 ай бұрын

Magnificent @00:30 !

Absolutely captivating movie from the beginning to the end.

Fantastic! This is real movie making. The fire - it is so real, it MUST be real. I have seen larger fires in the modern ones all over the place, and they were just fires, this one goes to the heart, making you grip your seat to stop yourself from helping! And the acting, and the tight-knit good story....a master piece.

What a great film. Good acting by all . Kept my attention throughout- not an easy thing to do since I'm sometimes easily distracted and quickly bored with certain films.

What a creepy but good story. Glad it ended on a lighter note.

This was a great movie, had a really good twist. I love all black and white movies❤

Excellent mystery picture. The acting is superb and the plot keeps you guessing until the last. Thank you for a delightful evening.

Great Movie..full of suspense and truth and fantastic actors....

Jack Hawkings.Superb.Great film thanks for posting.

@otthoheldring

5 ай бұрын

Hawkins, not Hawkings

@doodeen

5 ай бұрын

I stand corrected 😔

@robertwalker5521

5 ай бұрын

​@@doodeen I stand...while peeing.

@doodeen

5 ай бұрын

@@robertwalker5521 Try sitting down.Ha Ha.

Wonderful movie....gripping,supreme acting.

Candle in the basket … would be a great new title and new movie… set in the same time period with little to nothing changed… also with actual British actors only… even with an all star cast…?

@petermcgreevy6386

5 ай бұрын

would be an Intriguing name for a movie......😊

Such intrigue at every turn! Excellent!!

Great film Great story great actors

Jack Hawkins at his very best!

@aprilblossom9268

4 ай бұрын

He was exceptional in Mandy...

Excellent film thanks for uploading.

Wonderful! What a great movie. I've never heard of it, and frankly didn't expect much from the way it started. Well worth the time. Thank you for sharing it.

Good drama. But even if it weren't good, it would be worth watching just to watch Arlene Dahl's exquisite face (and gorgeous makeup)!!

Ladies in bed lapping up gin at sunrise and whose lit cigarettes appear out of nowhere, gentlemen suffering severe asthma attacks (sounded more like emphysema) all the while puffing on a cigarette,

Sorta fun...but a few big plot holes...Arlene Dahl certainly came out well here,more than just a gorgeous fashion plate.

Excellent story and excellent acting! Thank you!!

Jack Hawkins was a great actor. Why don't they make men like that anymore.

These movies are wonderfull

Super movie, certainly was intriguing

The correct title of this movie is "Fortune is a Woman". You can find it elsewhere on KZread with proper title and credits. Among other problems, this version is missing the first few minutes.

@secondstring

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for that...good looking out.

@shadowlouise

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, blaisejo. I'll look for it. (What other problems)?

Very well acted movie. Love British cinema.

Great film and great acting.

Truly intriguing!

Excellent movie!!

VERY good Thank you ❤

A most excellent mocie

Love Jack Hawkins!

@novak-wq9dw

5 ай бұрын

So do I.

@vixtex

5 ай бұрын

Me too.

Wonderful movie And Brilliant Cast 👍🇬🇧

Jack Hawkins was a fine actor and a direct descendant of Jim Hawkins, one of the stars of 'Treasure Island'.

@garypcadogan8193

5 ай бұрын

Ben Gunn was his great niece

@tedeames5868

5 ай бұрын

Yes, and his brother was Screamin' Jay Hawkins, though the family always tried to deny this. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZ97ssqpptTaf8Y.htmlsi=5aLt-zMloCwLWCDD @@garypcadogan8193

@sjohnson1216

5 ай бұрын

And good-looking

@garypcadogan8193

5 ай бұрын

well, a question of taste,,, ruggedly good looking , maybe.@@sjohnson1216

@The-F.R.E.E.-J.

4 ай бұрын

​@@tedeames5868😂

Great movie 👍🏼

More twists than a bent corkscrew.

Wonderful old movie!!!

Personal life:- JACK HAWKINS: Hawkins married actress Jessica Tandy in 1932, and the couple divorced in 1940. Together, they had one daughter, Susan Hawkins (1934-2004). In 1947, Hawkins married former actress Doreen Lawrence (1919-2013), and they remained married until his death in 1973. Doreen, upon marrying Jack gave up acting completely to became a housewife and mother to raise their family: Together, they had three children, Caroline (b. 1955), Andrew (b. 1950), and Nicholas. Death In May 1973, Hawkins had an experimental operation on his throat to insert an artificial voice box. He started haemorrhaging and was admitted to St Stephen's Hospital, Fulham Road, London, forcing him to drop out of The Tamarind Seed (1974), in which Hawkins was to have played a Russian general. He died on 18 July 1973, of a secondary haemorrhage. He was 62. His final appearance was in the television mini-series QB VII. His autobiography, " Anything for a Quiet Life ", was published after his death. He was cremated and his ashes interred at Golders Green Crematorium in North London.

I never knew that insurance was so...intriguing. Double Indemnity! Of course there was Banacek and Rockford had some insurrance cases.

Great movie with lots of twists!

Where is the opening and closing credits? I recognize Jack Hawkins, a great actor, and I understand Arlene Dahl is in it, but who else?

@pisstinpete4700

5 ай бұрын

Dennis Price for one,and chris Lee as a welsh dracula😂

@2msvalkyrie529

5 ай бұрын

And !Michael Goodliffe ? He was never a huge star but excelled in the many supporting roles he played..

@susannah1066

5 ай бұрын

Greta Gynt as Vere Litchen.

@allenmurray7893

5 ай бұрын

@@susannah1066 Thanks, Susan.

An enjoyable drama with good acting, despite the credits being absent. But who needs credits or even a title? The proof is in the pudding! Thanks.

This film is really called 'Fortune Is a Woman' so I can't see why it's listed here under this bogus title.

@anglophils645

4 ай бұрын

This site always gives its own title to films, never using the titles under which they were originally released. Maybe it's to avoid copyright infringement?

@crose7412

4 ай бұрын

@@anglophils645 There are a handful of films to the right of your comment which are titled correctly.

@donjindra

4 ай бұрын

And they cut credits too. So this channel is not worth it.

@emmagrove6491

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting us all know! I don't know why there's usually fake names on these old movies on here... and the first few minutes lopped off. Copyright reasons?

@2msvalkyrie529

3 ай бұрын

Not worth it ?!? er....how much did you pay to watch it ? Perhaps you could be reimbursed for loss of your valuable time...?

Arlene Dahl 😍🦊

Christoper Lee!

I LIKE ANYTHING THAT JACK HAWKINS IS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@vixtex

5 ай бұрын

👍absolutely

9:12 "Without a word to me" - "It never occured to me" The script writer must have been a bit on the poetic side. 😉

Wonderful movie. 2nd time watching.

Damn good show!

Jack smoked three boxes of cigarettes everyday so that would have helped with the voice and Arlene was married six times!!!?🎉

@roundtwo3321

5 ай бұрын

And he had to have his larynx removed.

@robertwalker5521

5 ай бұрын

One wore out the lungs . The other wore out the vaj.

@johnconlon9652

5 ай бұрын

He took up the offer of an experimental "Artificial" larynx. Died of, inevitable, in those days, post-operative haemorrhage; he hated oesophageal speech.@@roundtwo3321

@carolannpacificadam1944

4 ай бұрын

LOLOL LOLOL LOL LOLOLOL

Thank you for posting this! I really enjoyed it!

Entertaining, I confess that I thought that it was "Rhonda"? My mistake!

good movie

And the scene with the dog goes nowhere, but he does put a lit cigarette in the breast pocket of his jacket! 😆

Keep your eye on the old bat

A fantastic film❤

One to watch, enjoy it .

Time for egg and chips and fish fingers with peppers 🌶 enjoyed the movie.

Is that Christopher lee in the movie

@frankiewoodhouse2914

5 ай бұрын

yep

This is a really great find. Thanks!

Sarah received only 30,000 pounds for a burnt down mansion estate and all furniture and property and art work? Thar's hardly rich. I'd think three million pounds even back then.

@kencalascione8319

5 ай бұрын

More like 85,000 USD given the time period.

@stellayates4227

5 ай бұрын

Post WW2 mansion estates were going very cheap because of the crippling taxes imposed by the Labour government. Relatives of mine bought a derelict mansion estate with a lake and grounds designed by Capability Brown near Aylesbury for £9,000!

@patricksullivan4329

5 ай бұрын

There were $4 to a British Pound in the 1950s, so that's about $120,000 then, now worth about 1.4 million dollars.

@aspenrebel

5 ай бұрын

@@patricksullivan4329 Still, that was an awfully big mansion. A lot of woodwork, nice furniture and artwork. I think it would have been worth a hell of a lot more than that.

@patricksullivan4329

5 ай бұрын

@@aspenrebel It was a completely different economy then. For one thing, art wasn't worth anything like today. And as someone else pointed out mansions were being sold off for a song thanks to the 90% marginal tax rates. The British people voted for socialism in 1945 after WWII. They got what they wanted; good and hard.

I'm too busy feasting my eyes on all the beautiful props: silver serving pieces, grandfather clocks, ornate furniture, fireplaces, etc.

It is admirable how the British people are so well behaved and composed...😊

@2msvalkyrie529

5 ай бұрын

They USED to be . Sadly , that generation has passed away . The Britain of today has changed beyond recognition since this film was made.

@susannah1066

5 ай бұрын

@@2msvalkyrie529 Actually my parents were born in 1920 & 1911-and they told me things from the past, they don't show in Agatha Christie. This is a script-they had to be nice to get shown in Cinema's. Read some Bio's from the past-the sex, crime, suicide, women poisoning family members, pill popping.

Could you please add Spanish subtitles? I am longing for watching it !

Very enjoyable!!!❤

I don’t understand the ‘ pass the sugar scene ‘… why was that line even added ?

@pninnabokov3734

2 ай бұрын

The "sugar" bit served no purpose I can detect. Lots of quirky, incongruous moments in this little film. Fun watch, nonetheless. 😊

The story is interesting, but to me the music is exaggerated, overwrought, and in many places inappropriate for what's happening on the screen.