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Ladies in Retirement

Ladies in Retirement

6.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

34

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1941

Release Year

91 min

Runtime

Drama
Thriller

Overview

Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.

Keywords

film noir
housekeeper
gothic

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Reviews(2)

7.5avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

November 2, 2013

8
8/10

As queer as mice in a cage. Ladies in Retirement is directed by Charles Vidor and adapted to screenplay by Garrett Ford from the Reginald Denham and Edward Percy play of the same name. It stars Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Edith Barrett and Isobel Elsom. Music is by E

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 28, 2022

7
7/10

"Leonora Fiske" (Isobel Elsom) is a retired actress, a kindly soul, who lives in a remote cottage with her companion "Ellen" (Ida Lupino) and her maid. When "Ellen" asks if she might bring her sisters down to stay for a few days, they cause chaos to the old lady's normally ordered life and she asks

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