The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex is a 1948 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker.

Life on the British home front during World War II. Widowed Martha Dacre tries to keep house and home together during the run up to the DDay landings. With lodgers to contend with, two daughters, and her son away in the Navy, she has chosen to stay at home as a housewife. But when her sons ship is damaged during the landings, she experiences regrets about not taking a more active role in the war.The New York Times wrote, a thoroughly professional cast and an adult script make the drama genuine and trenchant. Ursula Jeans is excellent as the beleaguered mother who minimizes her work and sacrifices by remarking one is given no choice just a little extra strength from somewhere. Cecil Parker is equally adept in his restrained portrayal of the commander she eventually marries. A lady exotically named Thora Hird contributes a superbly droll bit as a Yorkshire servant and Joan Hopkins, Lana Morris, Digby Wolfe, Derek Bond and John Stone add solid characterizations as the children and sonsinlaw and Sky Movies wrote, the best reviews of the period were saved for Thora Hird as Mrs Gage, the daily with a dry sense of humour, and concluded, good, solid drama told convincingly if a trifle oversentimental today. ........

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