Ladies in Retirement

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Ladies in Retirement (1941)

09/09/1941 (US) Drama, Thriller 1h 31m

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Overview

Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.

Charles Vidor

Director
Reginald Denham

Screenplay
Garrett Fort

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Ida Lupino

Ellen Creed
Louis Hayward

Albert Feather
Evelyn Keyes

Lucy
Elsa Lanchester

Emily Creed
Edith Barrett

Louisa Creed
Isobel Elsom

Leonora Fiske
Emma Dunn

Sister Theresa
Queenie Leonard

Sister Agatha
Clyde Cook

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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on November 2, 2013

As queer as mice in a cage.

Ladies in Retirement is directed by Charles Vidor and adapted to screenplay by Garrett Ford from the Reginald Denham and Edward Percy play of the same name. It stars Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Edith Barrett and Isobel Elsom. Music is by Ernst Toch and cinematography by George Barnes.

A housekeeper takes drastic action when the head of the household insists that her two batty sisters be evicted the next day…

Willow, Tit Willow, Tit Willow.

Hee, the title conjures up images of some batty biddy comedy set in a retirement home,... read the rest.

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