Forbidden
Seen it?1949 | 87 min | Thriller, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone who likes to be kept guessing and anyone who loves a strong drama. Keeps you leaning forward. Sits nicely alongside The Night of the Hunter.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Gives its people room to develop, at 1 hr 27 min. Done before bedtime.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1949: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you want something to relax to.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by George King
- Douglass MontgomeryJim Harding
- Hazel CourtJane Thompson
- Patricia BurkeDiana Harding
- Garry MarshJerry Burns
- Ronald ShinerDan Collins
- Kenneth GriffithJohnny
- Eliot MakehamPop Thompson
- Frederick LeisterDr. Franklin
- Richard BirdJennings
- Michael MedwinCabby