My Name Is Julia Ross

My Name Is Julia Ross is a 1945 film noir, having also some elements of Gothic fiction, directed by Joseph H. Lewis and based on the novel The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert. This drama is the first in a series of films noir directed by Lewis and features Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty and George Macready.

All her possessions have disappeared and the young woman is told she is really Marion, the wife of Ralph Hughes George Macready, Mrs. Hughess son. The staff have been told that she has suffered a nervous breakdown as a result, they ignore her seemingly wild claims and her attempts to escape are all foiled.Julia writes a letter to her only close friend and admirer, Dennis Bruce Roland Varno, and cleverly leaves it where it can be found. The Hughes substitute a blank sheet of paper and allow her to post it, unaware that Julia has anticipated them and written a second letter. Even so, when a doctor comes in response to a fake poisoning attempt, she blurts out her plan to him, only to discover that he along with Mrs. Sparkes is in on the scheme. He is dispatched to London to intercept the letter. When the real doctor shows up, Julia thinks hes also a fake and refuses to see him. The doctor recommends she be taken to a hospital immediately, but Mrs. Hughes persuades him to come back in the morning. ........

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