THE WOMAN IN THE HALL

GB
1947
1hr 33mins
Dir: Jack Lee
Starring: Jean Simmons and Cecil Parker

A penniless widow augments her slender income by using her children to extort money from the wealthy

Based on the 1939 novel of the same name by G.B. Sterns this drama features a low-level run-by of a Southern Railway express hauled by a ‘Lord Nelson’ Class 4-6-0. This is possibly a Southern Railway promotional shot because the camera is set in the ‘four-foot’ of the adjacent line. The earlier scene filmed onboard a train used a quite obvious set.

A Southern Railway express hauled by a ‘Lord Nelson’ passes the camera in this low-angle view