Cinematography:
C.M. Pennington-RichardsPlots(1)
Ryan is a virgin made pregnant by Bogarde, a footman in the household where Ryan is a maid. He offers to marry her, but at the last minute vanishes with another girl. After years of wandering about trying to scrape together a living for her son, she meets Bogarde again, now a prosperous bookie. They marry and live happily for a while, but Bogarde, now ill, bets their life's savings on a horse and dies, never knowing that his horse lost and his widow and orphan are again reduced to poverty. A well-done but melancholy costume drama from the book by the Irish playwright and critic George Moore, a cofounder of the theater group that led to the famous Abbey Theatre. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Kathleen Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/528/159528503_4fe749.jpg)
Kathleen Ryan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Sound of Fury (1950)
Odd Man Out (1947)
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
![Dirk Bogarde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564138_93b4cf.jpg)
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Damned (1969)
![Cyril Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465198_b78fde.jpg)
Cyril Cusack
South Africa
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
My Left Foot (1989)
Harold and Maude (1971)
![Pauline Jameson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538385_5bf8ae.gif)
Pauline Jameson
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Night Watch (1973)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
![Mary Clare](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762392_e4fa1e.jpg)
Mary Clare
UK
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)