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The Woman in the House

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Calorie Rating: 15
Released: 1942-05-09
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 11 Minutes
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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.

Director / Directors

Sammy Lee
Director


Cast

John Nesbitt
Character: Narrator (voice)
Ann Richards
Character: Catherine Starr
Peter Cushing
Character: Man Waking Up (archive footage)

Mark Daniels
Character: Minor Supporting Role (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Richard Duce
Art Direction

Lennie Hayton
Original Music Composer
Lester White
Director of Photography
John Nesbitt
Original Story

Warner Law
Screenplay