3 Movies Directed by Compton Bennett

The Seventh Veil

The Seventh Veil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1946-02-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(955 Reviews)

Director:

Compton Bennett

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Muriel Box (original story and screenplay)

Sydney Box (original story and screenplay)

Fullplot:

One dark summer night, Francesca Cunningham, a once world famed pianist, escapes from her hospital room and tries to commit suicide by jumping off a local bridge. She is rescued and taken back to the hospital and undergoes psychological treatment by Dr. Larsen. Larsen, desperately wants to know the events and persons who drove her to this state and help her. He makes Francesca talk about her past - a past with a controlling guardian, Nicholas, no friends, kept apart from the man she loved and forced to practice the piano 5-6 hours a day.

That Forsyte Woman

That Forsyte Woman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-11-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (794 Reviews)

Director:

Compton Bennett

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

John Galsworthy (based on book I of "The Forsyte Saga" by)

Jan Lustig (screen play)

Ivan Tors (screen play)

James B. Williams (screen play)

Arthur Wimperis (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teenager June Forsyte has found love with an artist, Phillip Bosinny. The interactions between the Forsytes and the people and society around them is the truss for this love story set in the rigid and strict times of the Victorian age.

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-11-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4128 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Helen Deutsch (screenplay)

H. Rider Haggard (novel)

Fullplot:

Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. It's a spectacular adventure story with romance, because while they fight with wild animals and cannibals, they fall in love. Will they find the lost husband and finish the nice connection?

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