Ladies in Retirement

Sep 9, 1941

1h 31m

★ 6.5

The Great Broadway Melodrama Comes to Flaming Life on the Screen!

Overview

Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Ellen Creed

Ida Lupino

Albert Feather

Louis Hayward

Lucy

Evelyn Keyes

Emily Creed

Elsa Lanchester

Louisa Creed

Edith Barrett

Leonora Fiske

Isobel Elsom

Sister Theresa

Emma Dunn

Sister Agatha

Queenie Leonard

Bates

Clyde Cook

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