Let's give this one a 7 just because this is so far removed from Swiss Family Robinson. I haven't seen too many films with Janet Munro. I always remember her as the tomboy castaway from Swiss Family Robinson. I saw Darby O'Gill as a child. I don't remember too much about it except that it scared me to death, but it seems like she was a naive village girl in that one. She does a 180 in this one; a young woman from a small village in Wales that's dying because the pit has been closed and most everyone has moved elsewhere. So her dad tries to ship her off to her elderly aunts' house. She decides she wants something better so she picks up a customer from her father's shop and ends up in bed with him. When she's late for an appointment to meet up with him the next day, she meets a truly kind but poor barman who takes an instant interest in her (she's quite beautiful in this film.) The young barman offers her security when she needs it the most, at least the way he sees it. She gets tired of him and when the opportunity comes along to meet more glamorous folks, she seizes it. It becomes the beginning of the end for her.
Needless to say, I was surprised by the ending--nothing happy happens for poor Jenny. Munro was quite good as the small town girl gone bad and John Stride as Bob was effective as her knight in shining armor who realizes, almost too late, that she's just no good. I'd never heard of this film before but Encore shows it occasionally so I decided to watch today. The viewer is required to put 2 & 2 together to figure out what happens at the end so I guess it could be helped by a little more exposition. But for a B movie, it's pretty good and the acting was very good.
Needless to say, I was surprised by the ending--nothing happy happens for poor Jenny. Munro was quite good as the small town girl gone bad and John Stride as Bob was effective as her knight in shining armor who realizes, almost too late, that she's just no good. I'd never heard of this film before but Encore shows it occasionally so I decided to watch today. The viewer is required to put 2 & 2 together to figure out what happens at the end so I guess it could be helped by a little more exposition. But for a B movie, it's pretty good and the acting was very good.