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Forbidden (1949)

1949-02-28 · 1h 27m · EN
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Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.

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George KingDirectorKatherine StruebyWriter

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Douglass MontgomeryDouglass MontgomeryJim HardingHazel CourtHazel CourtJane ThompsonPatricia BurkePatricia BurkeDiana HardingGarry MarshGarry MarshJerry BurnsRonald ShinerRonald ShinerDan CollinsKenneth GriffithKenneth GriffithJohnnyEliot MakehamEliot MakehamPop ThompsonFrederick LeisterFrederick LeisterDr. FranklinRichard BirdRichard BirdJenningsMichael MedwinMichael MedwinCabbyPeggy Ann CliffordPeggy Ann CliffordMilliePeter JonesPeter JonesPete

Keywords

NoirBritish noirBlackpoolGolden mileFilm noir

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Genre affinityThriller · DramaTheme affinityNoir · British Noir · BlackpoolVisual styleNoir · British Noir · Film NoirDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference310262

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What is Forbidden about?

Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.

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Forbidden has a runtime of 87 minutes.

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