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5.7 / 10 1h 47min

Drama Romance

Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.

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Review by GlowingGiraffe

Patchy, if entertaining melodrama, but FAR too little James Mason.

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Review by user505xbhhau3j

Calvert, Granger and Mason re-group for this Victorian melodrama....

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Review by GoldenGoose

An old fashioned romance...and a very good one at that.

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Review by user366894h4oqp

A highly enjoyable guilty pleasure.

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Review by user155owf6n83d

Nobody ever went to see a melodrama expecting it to deal in moral ambiguities.

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Review by GoldenGorilla

For me, very engrossing; main character completely sympathetic

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Review by user441yzy02y48

Great Victorian/Dickensian drama with Calvert and Mason in top form

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