No Place for Jennifer

1950 film

Leo Genn
Rosamund John
Guy Middleton
Janette Scott

CinematographyWilliam McLeodEdited byMonica KimickMusic byAllan Gray

Production
company

ABPC

Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé (UK)

Release date

20 February 1950 (1950-02-20)

Running time

89 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBox office£151,352 (UK)^[1]

No Place for Jennifer is a 1950 British film directed by Henry Cass and starring Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Guy Middleton and Janette Scott.^[2]

It was based on the novel No Difference to Me by Phyllis Hambleton.

Plot

A young girl suffers when her parents divorce and marry new partners. In desperation, she runs away.

Cast

Leo Genn as William
Rosamund John as Rachel Kershaw
Beatrice Campbell as Paula
Guy Middleton as Brian Stewart
Janette Scott as Jennifer
Anthony Nicholls as Baxter
Jean Cadell as Aunt Jacqueline
Megs Jenkins as Mrs Marshall
Philip Ray as Mr Marshall
Edith Sharpe as Doctor
Ann Codrington as Miss Hancock
Brian Smith as Martin Marshall
André Morell as Counsel
Anthony Wager as Ted
William Simons as Jeremy

Critical reception

Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times, "a tepid but touching little drama...Henry Cass has directed it primly, in a warm tea-and-crumpets style, and the little girl plays it devoutly."^[3]

References

^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p490
^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | NO PLACE FOR JENNIFER (1950)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ Crowther, Bosley (17 July 1951). "Movie Review - No Place for Jennifer - THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; 'No Place for Jennifer,' British Import With Janette Scott, at Park Ave. Theatre". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2014.