Daughter of Darkness

1h 31min

Thriller

Drama

In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...

Production Companies

Alliance Productions

Victor Hanbury Productions

Cast

Siobhán McKenna

Siobhán McKenna

Emily Beaudine
Anne Crawford

Anne Crawford

Bess Stanforth
George Thorpe

George Thorpe

Mr. Tallent
Barry Morse

Barry Morse

Robert Stanforth
Liam Redmond

Liam Redmond

Father Cocoran
Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Julie Tallent
Denis Goacher

Denis Goacher

Saul Trevethick
Grant Tyler

Grant Tyler

Larry Tallent
Ann Clery

Ann Clery

Miss Foley
David Greene

David Greene

David Price
Iris Vandeleur

Iris Vandeleur

Mrs. Smithers

Release date

21st Jan 1948

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English