Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner

Directed by	Lewis Gilbert
Produced by	John Argyle
Written by	David Evans
Starring	Pat Kirkwood Jack Watling
Music by	Ronald Binge
Cinematography	Len Harris Frank North
Edited by	Lister Laurance
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service (UK) Hoffberg Productions (USA)
Release dates	July 1950 (UK)
Running time	78 mins.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Once a Sinner is a 1950 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert.^[1]

Plot

Bank clerk John Ross (Jack Watling) loses his heart to former good time girl Irene (Pat Kirkwood (actress)|Pat Kirkwood), and the pair are quickly married. Irene however, is secretly still in love with former sweetheart and counterfeiter Jimmy (Sidney Tafler). Banker Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement.

Cast

Pat Kirkwood as Irene James
Jack Watling as John Ross
Joy Shelton as Vera Lamb
Sydney Tafler as Jimmy Smart
Thora Hird as Mrs. James
Humphrey Lestocq as Lewis Canfield
Gordon McLeod as Mr. Ross
Edith Sharpe as Mrs. Ross
Harry Fowler as Bill James
Danny Green as Ticker James
Stuart Lindsell as Inspector Rance
Olive Sloane as Lil
George Street as Bridges
Rose Howlett as Mrs. Lamb
Charles Paton as Mr. Lamb
Stuart Latham as Charlie
Cameron Hall as Mr. Baker
Norman Williams as Fred, Barman

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "The magnificent Thora Hird steals the show in Once a Sinner as the fickle Irene's slatternly mother."^[2]

References

External links

Once a Sinner at the Internet Movie Database
Once a Sinner at AllMovie
Once a Sinner at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Lewis Gilbert

The Little Ballerina (1948)
Once a Sinner (1950)
Scarlet Thread (1951)
There Is Another Sun (1951)
Emergency Call (1952)
Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Cosh Boy (1953)
Johnny on the Run (1953)
Albert R.N. (1953)
The Good Die Young (1954)
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
A Cry from the Streets (1958)
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
Light Up the Sky! (1960)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
The Greengage Summer (1961)
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
The 7th Dawn (1964)
Alfie (1966)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
The Adventurers (1970)
Friends (1971)
Paul and Michelle (1974)
Operation Daybreak (1975)
Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
Educating Rita (1983)
Not Quite Paradise (1985)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Stepping Out (1991)
Haunted (1995)
Before You Go (2002)

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