If Winter Comes (1947)

A.S.M. Hutchinson's beloved classic of English countryside life becomes a screen masterpiece !

Cast

Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury, Binnie Barnes, Janet Leigh

Overview

The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friendship with Effie, a young pregnant girl. As the townsfolk theorize that Mark is the baby's father, Effie - already troubled because of her impending motherhood - commits suicide, and circulating rumors lead the authorities to think Mark killed her. The innocent writer must fight to clear his name.