The Woman with No Name

1950 film

Guy Morgan
Ladislao Vajda

Based onnovel Happy Now I Go by Theresa CharlesProduced byJohn StaffordStarring

Phyllis Calvert
Edward Underdown
Helen Cherry
Richard Burton

CinematographyOtto HellerEdited byRichard BestMusic byAllan Gray

Production
company

Independent Film Producers

Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé (UK)

Release date

October 1950 (1950-10) (UK)

Running time

84 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget£116,500^[1]Box office£113,268 (UK)^[2]

The Woman with No Name is a 1950 British drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Phyllis Calvert, Edward Underdown, Helen Cherry, Richard Burton and James Hayter.^[3] In the United States it was released as Her Panelled Door.^[4]

Plot

Yvonne Winter is an amnesiac, a victim of the wartime bombing of the London hotel where she is staying. At a country hospital she meets the pilot, Nick Chamerd, who saved her life. They fall in love and plan to marry, but he is killed on active duty. Yvonne's real husband hires detectives to find her. She is brought home and starts to piece together her past, but not everything she finds there brings her happiness.

Cast

Phyllis Calvert as Yvonne Winter
Edward Underdown as Lake Winter
Helen Cherry as Sybil
Richard Burton as Nick Charmerd
Anthony Nicholls as Doctor
James Hayter as Captain Bradshawe
Betty Ann Davies as Beatrice
Amy Veness as Sophie
Andrew Osborn as Paul Hammond
Patrick Troughton as Colin
Leslie Phillips as 1st sapper officer
Terence Alexander as 2nd sapper officer
Richard Pearson as Tony

Production

Calvert invested her own savings in the film, estimated between £12,000-£15,000.^[5]

Reception

The film earned £105,000 to the producers.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945–1985. Edinburgh University Press p 102. Income is producer's share of receipts.
^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p493
^ "The Woman with No Name". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
^ Hal Erickson (2012). "The-Woman-with-No-Name - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
^ "Phyllis Calvert talks of home and career". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 17, no. 50. Australia. 20 May 1950. p. 52. Retrieved 29 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.