Forbidden (1949)

7.1/10 87 min Thriller Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Douglass Montgomery

Jim Harding

Hazel Court

Jane Thompson

Patricia Burke

Diana Harding

Garry Marsh

Jerry Burns

Ronald Shiner

Dan Collins

Kenneth Griffith

Johnny

Eliot Makeham

Pop Thompson

Frederick Leister

Dr. Franklin

Richard Bird

Jennings

Michael Medwin

Cabby

Peter Jones

Pete

Erik Chitty

Schofield

Sam Kydd

Joe

Andrew Cruickshank

Inspector Baxter

Bill Fraser

Railway Porter (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Café Owner (uncredited)

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