The White Unicorn
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| Directed by | Bernard Knowles |
| Produced by | Harold Huth |
| Screenplay by |
Moie Charles A.R. Rawlinson Robert Westerby |
| Based on | novel The Milk-White Unicorn by Flora Sandström |
| Starring |
Margaret Lockwood Joan Greenwood Ian Hunter Dennis Price |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
| Edited by | Robert Johnson |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
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Release date
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30 October 1947 (London)(UK) |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The White Unicorn is a 1947 British drama film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood, Ian Hunter and Dennis Price.Kyra Vayne appeared as the singer. It was made at Walton Studios by the independent producer John Corfield, and released by General Film Distributors. The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold.
It was also known as Milkwhite Unicorn.
At a home for delinquent girls, a troublesome girl (Joan Greenwood), swaps reminiscences with the warden (Margaret Lockwood), who recounts her own unhappy marriage, divorce and tragic death of her second husband.
According to trade papers, the film was a "notable box office attraction" at British cinemas in 1947.
Allmovie called it "A "woman's picture" if ever there was one"; but Bosley Crowther in The New York Times was less sympathetic, calling it "...not an especially dramatic or otherwise appetizing serving of entertainment"; whereas Variety wrote "...his romantic melodrama will have rough handling by the highbrows, but should prove a box office winner. Story is on hokey side, but a tearjerker."
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