
Ladies in Retirement
The Great Broadway Melodrama Comes to Flaming Life on the Screen!
Directed by Charles Vidor
Produced by Columbia Pictures
A gothic melodrama about a housekeeper whose carefully ordered life unravels into murder when her troubled sisters arrive, blending domestic claustrophobia with noir-tinged moral decay.
Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.
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Does Ladies in Retirement end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.
Is Ladies in Retirement scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Ladies in Retirement sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Ladies in Retirement violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Ladies in Retirement easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.


























































