Eric Portman

Anne Crawford

Hugh Williams

Michael Denison

Nora Swinburne

Raymond Lovell

Claire Bloom

Frank Cellier

Clive Morton

Maurice Denham

Thora Hird

Elspet Gray

Cecil Bevan

John Stone

Philip Saville

Martin Benson

Cyril Chamberlain

Rosemary Treston

Martin Miller

Marcel Poncin

Carl Jaffe

Geoffrey Denton

Noel Howlett

Carroll Gibbons

Dudley Lovell

Alf Keating

John Hollingsworth

Fred Gunn

Bernard Grun

Len Garde

B. C. Sewell

Ray Elton

Harold French

M. Hobbs

Norman G. Arnold

Yvonne Caffin

Gordon Hales

Sydney Box

Muriel Box

Patrick Hastings

Audrey Monk

Betty E. Box

Drama

The Blind Goddess

Gainsborough Pictures

United Kingdom

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Eric Portman was ideal for this part. His clipped phraseology and static style of acting suited his character - barrister "Sir John Dearing" down to a T. He is called up to prosecute "Waterhouse" (Michael Denison) who has been accused by "Lord Brasted" (Hugh Williams) of trying to blackmail him for the enormous sum of £20,000. Having reach the upper echelons of the British government, accusations of large scale bribery and embezzlement force a court case that grips the land. There are letters, accusations of infidelity, forgeries and a courtroom informality that I found quite enjoyable for just under ninety minutes. The ending has a sort of stiff-upper-lip convenience about it which rather disappoints, but the rest of this drama is well propped up by a solid cast - Anne Crawford and Nora Swinburne primary amongst them - and the courtroom intrigues have just enough complications to keep it interesting.

English