Daughter of Darkness
In her eyes... evil. On her lips... doom.
1948 · 1h 31m · N/A
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Lance Comfort
Overview
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...
Director and cast
- Lance Comfort Director
- Siobhán McKenna as Emily Beaudine
- Anne Crawford as Bess Stanforth
- Maxwell Reed as Dan
- George Thorpe as Mr. Tallent
- Barry Morse as Robert Stanforth
- Liam Redmond as Father Cocoran
- Cyril Smith as Joe
- Honor Blackman as Julie Tallent
- Denis Goacher as Saul Trevethick
- Grant Tyler as Larry Tallent
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