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Kind Lady

Name: Kind Lady
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1935-12-06
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 6.75

★ 6,8 /10 (18 Votes)

1935 EN 76 min

Overview

Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.

Release date

06/12/1935

Votes

Popularity

1.1

Prisoner in her own home!

Genres

Crime Drama Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

76 min

Aline MacMahon

Mary Herries

Basil Rathbone

Henry Abbott

Mary Carlisle

Phyllis

Frank Albertson

Peter Santard

Dudley Digges

Mr. Edwards

Doris Lloyd

Lucy Weston

Nola Luxford

Rose, Mary's Maid

Murray Kinnell

Doctor

Eily Malyon

Mrs. Edwards

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Justine Chase

Ada Abbott

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Barbara Shields

Aggie Edwards

Donald Meek

Mr. Foster

Frank Reicher

Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)

Jimmy Aubrey

Soapbox Orator (uncredited)

E. E. Clive

Grammaphone Man (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Doorman (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

Lady Emily (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Second Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

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Milton Owen

Servant (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

Flower Woman (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw

Passport Clerk (uncredited)

Yorke Sherwood

Mr. Pritchett, a Policeman (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Lucy's Friend (uncredited)

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Joseph R. Tozer

Constable (uncredited)

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Walter Ware

Man (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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This all starts with something really incongruous. Snowy scenes and a violin-led score that makes you think of some Capra-esque Christmas film about redemption and the sight of Basil Rathbone is a big thick coat! Something isn't right here! The eponymous lady - "Mrs. Herries" (Aline MacMahon) arrives at her home to encounter the homeless "Abbott" (Rathbone) doing some street art in the snow. She takes pity on this charming and unassuming gent, and asks him in for a cup of tea. Next thing we know, her cook has gone, her maid "Rose" (Nola Luxford) is threatening to leave and her house is now ove…

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