Jassy (film)
| Jassy | |
|---|---|
 UK release poster | |
| Directed by | Bernard Knowles |
| Produced by | Sydney Box |
| Written by |
Norah Lofts (novel) Dorothy Christie Campbell Christie Geoffrey Kerr |
| Starring |
Margaret Lockwood Patricia Roc Dennis Price Ernest Thesiger Nora Swinburne |
| Music by | Henry Geehl |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Charles Knott |
| Distributed by |
Gainsborough Pictures, General Film Distributors (UK); Universal Pictures (USA) |
Release dates |
1947 (UK); 1948 (USA) |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Jassy is a 1947 British film melodrama, based on a novel by Norah Lofts. It is a Gainsborough melodrama, the only one to be made in Technicolor.[1]
Plot
A fine country estate has just been lost at the roll of a dice, and the Hatton family have to move out as the Helmars take possession.
As new landlords, the Helmars then have to face an angry mob of villagers, demanding better working conditions. They are led by Tom, who is mortally wounded by a drunken Helmar.
The Hattons have been employing Tom’s wild half-gypsy daughter Jassy as a servant, but sack her when she gets too close to their son Barney. She makes friends with Helmar’s daughter Dilys, who gets her a job as her father’s housekeeper at the big estate. Soon she marries him, but after a riding accident, he becomes violent towards her. A dumb servant-girl Lindy poisons Helmar for his brutality to his wife. Lindy and Jassy are both charged with the crime and found guilty. But the shock has restored Lindy’s power of speech, and she is able to exonerate Jassy, who signs over the estate to Barney, as its rightful owner, and the two of them are reunited.
Cast
- Margaret Lockwood as Jassy Woodroofe
- Patricia Roc as Dilys Helmar
- Dennis Price as Christopher Hatton
- Basil Sydney as Nick Helmar
- Dermot Walsh as Barney Hatton
- Esma Cannon as Lindy Wicks
- Cathleen Nesbitt as Elizabeth Twisdale
- Linden Travers as Beatrice Helmar
- Nora Swinburne as Mrs. Hatton
- Ernest Thesiger as Sir Edward Follesmark
- Jean Cadell as Meggie
- Grace Arnold as Housemaid
- John Laurie as Tom Woodroofe
- Bryan Coleman as Sedley – the architect
- Clive Morton as Sir William Fennell
- Torin Thatcher as Bob Wicks
- Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Wicks
- Eliot Makeham as Moult – the butler
- Maurice Denham as Jim Stoner
- Alan Wheatley as Sir Edward Walker – Prosecuting Counsel
- Hugh Pryse as Sir John Penty – Defending Counsel
References
- ↑ Cook p.114
Bibliography
- Cook, Pam (ed.). Gainsborough Pictures. Cassell, 1997.
External links
- Jassy at the Internet Movie Database
- Jassy at AllMovie
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