The Reluctant Widow (film)

The Reluctant Widow
Directed byBernard Knowles
Written by
Produced byGordon Wellesley
Starring
CinematographyJack Hildyard
Edited byJohn D. Guthridge
Music byAllan Gray
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 1 May 1950 (1950-05-01) (UK)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Reluctant Widow is a 1950 British historical drama film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Jean Kent, Guy Rolfe, Paul Dupuis and Lana Morris. It iwas written by Gordon Wellesley and Basil Boothroyd (as J.B. Boothroyd) based on the 1946 novel The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer. The screenplay concerns a governess who marries a British aristocrat, and inherits his country house when he dies. The ongoing Napoleonic Wars see her become embroiled with a spy ring.