A rare misfire from the normally reliable team of Powell and Pressburger (THE RED SHOES), this 1890s British-based film was taken from a fair novel and only barely came up to the novel's standards, despite an excellent and lively turn by Jones in the lead. She is an innocent Shropshire
lass who lives in the country and takes care of various little animals in the woods. She is especially devoted to her pet fox, a cute critter, and her main goal in life seems to be rescuing the innocents of the forest from the shotguns, and slings and arrows of outrageous hunters searching for
trophies. Farrar is the local landowner and he would love to marry Jones, but she marries c...
Released:
1950
Rated:
NR
Length:
82 mins