In her eyes... evil. On her lips... doom.
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...
- 5.9
- 1948
- Released
- 1h 31m
Siobhán McKenna
Emily Beaudine
Anne Crawford
Bess Stanforth
Maxwell Reed
Dan
George Thorpe
Mr. Tallent
Barry Morse
Robert Stanforth
Liam Redmond
Father Cocoran
Cyril Smith
Joe
Honor Blackman
Julie TallentDenis Goacher
Saul TrevethickGrant Tyler
Larry Tallent
Norman Shelley
Smithers
George Merritt
ConstableAnn Clery
Miss Foley
Arthur Hambling
JacobLeslie Armstrong
Iris Vandeleur
Mrs. SmithersReleased
en
- #british noir
Reviews
This is quite an effectively creepy crime drama - all centring around "Emmie" (Siobhan McKenna). She arrives from Ireland at the farm owned by the "Tallent" family where she soon gains a reputation as a bit of a flirt, an instant success with the local men but less so with the ladies - especially the suspicious "Bess" (Anne Crawford). It's a this point that the roguish boxer "Dan" (Maxwell Reed) a
The Lilith Chapter. Daughter of Darkness is directed by Lance Comfort and adapted to screenplay by Max Catto from his own play titled They Walk Alone. It stars Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Siobhan McKenna, George Thorpe, Barry Morse, Liam Redmond, Cyril Smith and Honor Blackman. Music is by Clifton Parker and cinematography by Stanley Pavey. Emmie Beaudine (McKenna) isn't liked by the women