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Fanny by Gaslight
1944, May 08
1h 47m
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Written by
Doreen Montgomery, Aimée Stuart
James Mason
Lord Manderstoke
Wilfrid Lawson
Chunks
Stewart Granger
Harry Somerford
Nora Swinburne
Mary Hopwood
Cathleen Nesbitt
Kate Somerford
Helen Goss
Polly (uncredited)
Margaretta Scott
Alicia
John Turnbull
Magistrate (uncredited)
John Laurie
William Hopwood
Jean Kent
Lucy Beckett
Helen Haye
Mrs. Somerford
Peter Jones
Young Client at 'The Shades' (uncredited)
Cyril Smith
Publican (uncredited)
Phyllis Calvert
Fanny
Ann Stephens
Fanny as Child
Esma Cannon
Maid (uncredited)
Amy Veness
Mrs. Heaviside
Johnnie Schofield
Joe (uncredited)
Vi Kaley
Mrs. Joe (uncredited)
Stuart Lindsell
Clive Seymore
Ann Wilton
Carver
Guy Le Feuvre
Doctor Lowenthal
Beresford Egan
(uncredited)
Virginia Keiley
(uncredited)
Beryl Laverick
(uncredited)
Joan Rees
(uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Gloria Sydney
Lucy as Child
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