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If Forbes had told the story of his old lady just as he began, "The Whisperers" would have been a masterpiece. Instead, it is a very good film marred by unfortunate melodrama.
Elderly Mrs. Ross (Edith Evans) loses her grip on reality when she begins to hear "voices" that seem to be conspiring against her. Separated from her dishonest husband, Archie (Eric Portman), and...
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- Edith Evans
- Bryan Forbes
- Drama
The Whisperers is written and directed by Bryan Forbes ( the excellent Séance On A Wet Afternoon). Adapted from Robert Nicolson's novel, it's about an impoverished elderly woman, Mrs. Maggie Ross (Dame Edith Evans), who lives alone after her good-for-nothing husband and son, Eric Portman & Ronald Fraser respectively, have long since abandoned her.
Apr 5, 2024 · As good a portrait of what it means to be old and lonely as any you’ll see, 1967’s The Whisperers is an atypical British movie for the Swinging mid-Sixties, almost a return to the kitchen-sinkers of the early part of the decade.
- Bryan Forbes
The Whisperers is a 1967 British drama film directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Edith Evans. It is based on the 1961 novel by Robert Nicolson.
The Whisperers: Directed by Bryan Forbes. With Edith Evans, Nanette Newman, Harry Baird, Jack Austin. Elderly Mrs. Ross lives alone in her meager flat, scraping by on government assistance even as she claims to have great wealth.
Mar 2, 2020 · Based on a 1961 novel by Robert Nicolson, British director Bryan Forbes’s 1967 film The Whisperers stars Dame Edith Evans as the elderly, isolated Mrs. Ross.
