The Loves of Joanna Godden

The Loves of Joanna Godden is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon. The screenplay was written by H E Bates and Angus McPhail from the novel by Sheila KayeSmith. It stars Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond, Chips Rafferty and Sonia Holm. Some scenes were shot by director Robert Hamer when Frend was ill, through he was uncredited. The music was composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

When Joanna Goddens father died, he bequeathed her a farm on the Romney Marsh in Kent. Joanna is determined to run the farm herself. Her neighbour Arthur Alce John McCallum, laughs at her ambitions, but loves her. Choosing a new shepherd, she allows physical attraction to a man to overcome her judgment as a farmer and her scheme for crossbreeding sheep is unsuccessful. Her wealth gone, she turns to Arthur Alce for help but not love. That she accepts from Martin Trevor Derek Bond, a visitor from the world beyond the Marsh. But on the eve of their marriage Martin dies.

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