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The Woman in the House

Drama

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.

Date: 05/09/1942
Rating: 6.5
Cast: John Nesbitt, Ann Richards, Peter Cushing, Mark Daniels

John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice) in The Woman in the House John Nesbitt

Ann Richards as Catherine Starr in The Woman in the House Ann Richards

Peter Cushing as Man Waking Up (archive footage) in The Woman in the House Peter Cushing

Mark Daniels as Minor Supporting Role (uncredited) in The Woman in the House Mark Daniels