Woman in a Dressing Gown
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Produced by |
Frank Godwin J. Lee Thompson |
| Written by | Ted Willis |
| Starring |
Yvonne Mitchell Anthony Quayle Sylvia Syms Carole Lesley |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Richard Best |
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| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé |
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Release date
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June 1957 |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £450,000 (UK) £1 million (total) |
Woman in a Dressing Gown is a 1957 British film directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film won four awards at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival including "Best Foreign Film".Yvonne Mitchell won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. The film also won the 1958 Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film.
The screenplay was written by Ted Willis and the cinematographer was Gilbert Taylor. The producer was Frank Godwin.
The Prestons are an apparently happy London household, made up of wife Amy (Yvonne Mitchell), husband Jim (Anthony Quayle) and teenage son Brian (Andrew Ray). Although the family appears happy, there is considerable tension, as Amy never gets organised enough to get dressed each day. Instead, she does the housework, cooks the meals, etc., in her dressing gown. Jim is having an affair with a co-worker, Georgie (Sylvia Syms), who threatens to break it off unless Jim divorces his wife and leaves his family. He promises that he will do so, and demands a divorce from Amy. Amy is shocked and distraught, while Brian becomes angry with his father.
Amy invites Jim and Georgie back to the Prestons' flat, to try to convince Georgie not to take her husband away. Amy gets her hair done and tries to organise a meal, paying for it all by pawning her engagement ring. However, she gets drunk and falls asleep on the bed, later ordering Jim and Georgie out of the flat. Jim leaves, but has second thoughts, returning to his wife and son, who cautiously accept him back.
The film lost money at the box office but was critically acclaimed.
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