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The Child

0.0 30 mins Drama   1954
Monarch Film Corporation  
Director(s): James Mason

Release Date: 01 Fri, Jan 1954

In 1908, lonely middle-aged spinster Janet reluctantly bids farewell to a young relative, a schoolboy, who has spent a brief holiday with her. Janet, who is the author of children's adventure stories, longs for the company of children, and one day is surprised to see a little girl playing in her garden. The child is hungry and inadequately clothed, and Janet takes her into the house, determined to keep her. The next day the police enquire throughout the neighbourhood and call at Janet's house. She conceals the fact that she is hiding the child. Later, the local parson calls and tells Janet that Mrs. Star, a widow and the mother of the missing Sally, is not only heart-nroken but a very sick woman.

Casts of The Child

Portland Mason

as Sally

Pamela Mason

as Janet

Sean McClory

as Reverend Smith

Judy Osborne

as Mrs. Starr

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