

Daughter of Darkness
1948-01-21 · 91 min · ★ 6.0
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...
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- Directors
- Lance Comfort
- Production companies
- Alliance Productions, Victor Hanbury Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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Siobhán McKennaEmily Beaudine
Anne CrawfordBess Stanforth
Maxwell ReedDan
Barry MorseRobert Stanforth
Liam RedmondFather Cocoran
Cyril SmithJoe
Honor BlackmanJulie Tallent
Norman ShelleySmithers
George MerrittConstable
Arthur HamblingJacob
David GreeneDavid PriceTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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