Blanche Fury

Blanche Fury

1948 · 90 min · EN · NR · 6.1 (19 votes)
Dir. Marc Allégret · Starring Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough, Walter Fitzgerald, Susanne Gibbs, Maurice Denham · Music Clifton Parker

Young, lovely, passionately beautiful ... and her love was as wild and tempestuous as her name !

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Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.

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A chillingly beautiful descent into upper-class desperation. Opulent settings mask simmering resentments and icy ambition. This is a slow-burn thriller where every glance and whispered word carries the weight of impending doom.

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