Name: Ladies in Retirement
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1941-09-09
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Cast: Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Edith Barrett

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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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Moral Ambiguity
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Directed by: Charles Vidor
Written by: Garrett Fort, Reginald Denham
Produced by: Lester Cowan
Music by: Ernst Toch, Morris Stoloff

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September 9, 1941 · 1 h 31 min · Violence

Released: September 9, 1941
Runtime: 1 h 31 min
Content: Violence
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Original language: English
Made in: United States
Available in: 1 country

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Where can I stream Ladies in Retirement?

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Is Ladies in Retirement worth watching?

70

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Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70 (IMDb 7.1).

Will I feel good after watching Ladies in Retirement?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.

Will Ladies in Retirement scare me?

Not scaryTerrifying

At times: scares are rated 6 of 10.