Rent Esther Waters (1948)
3.1 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 46min
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- Synopsis:
- Esther Waters (Kathleen Ryan) is a young woman living in 1880's London. Forced by her abusive father to start work she becomes a servant in an aristocratic household. She falls in love with the handsome footman William Latch (Dirk Bogarde), who seduces and then abandons her. Esther returns to London and then quite by chance they meet again and while Esther initially rejects William's advances, eventually they marry. However William falls ill and hopes for a big killing on the horses so he can to move his family abroad. Will he succeed and change their lives for the better or will the family face financial ruin and disaster?
- Actors:
- Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde, Cyril Cusack, Ivor Barnard, Fay Compton, Margaret Diamond, George Hayes, Morland Graham, Mary Clare, Pauline Jameson, Shelagh Fraser, Margaret Withers, Julian D'Albie, Nuna Davey, Beryl Measor, Barbara Shaw, Archie Harradine, Duncan Lewis, A. Parker, F. Lane
- Directors:
- Ian Dalrymple, Peter Proud
- Producers:
- Ian Dalrymple
- Writers:
- Michael Gordon, George Moore
- Studio:
- Spirit Entertainment Ltd
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top 10 Films of 1948
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