That Forsyte Woman
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| Directed by | Compton Bennett |
| Produced by | Leon Gordon |
| Written by | John Galsworthy (novels The Forsyte Saga) Jan Lustig Ivan Tors James B. Williams Arthur Wimperis (additional dialogue) |
| Starring | Errol Flynn Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Robert Young Janet Leigh |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Editing by | Frederick Y. Smith |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | November 3, 1949 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,612,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,710,000[2] |
That Forsyte Woman (released in the United Kingdom as The Forsyte Saga) is a 1949 romance film starring Greer Garson, Errol Flynn, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young and Janet Leigh. It is an adaptation of The Man of Property, the first novel in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy.
Walter Plunkett and Arlington Valles were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color. The original music score was composed by Bronislau Kaper.
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[edit] Plot summary
Irene (Greer Garson) is the wife of Victorian "man of property" Soames Forsyte (Errol Flynn), having married without love but after many proposals. Rebelling against her husband's preoccupation with material possessions, a list in which she is included, Irene falls in love with unconventional architect Philip Bosinney (Robert Young), who is engaged to Soames' niece June (Janet Leigh), one of Irene's closest friends. Soames learns of Irene's affair with Bosinney, and rather than allowing Irene to leave him, he reasserts his physical rights. When Soames and Bosinney discover that Irene has run away, Bosinney rushes out in the foggy London streets after her, only to be run over in an accident. After Irene learns of Bosinney's death she takes refuge with Soames' cousin Young Jolyon (Walter Pidgeon), who is June's estranged father but has sympathy for Irene's plight. Irene and Young Jolyon eventually marry, after Irene spurns Soames' attempts at reconciliation.
[edit] Main cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Errol Flynn | Soames Forsyte |
| Greer Garson | Irene Forsyte |
| Walter Pidgeon | Young Jolyon Forsyte |
| Robert Young | Philip Bosinney |
| Janet Leigh | June Forsyte |
| Harry Davenport | Old Jolyon Forsyte |
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- That Forsyte Woman at the Internet Movie Database
- That Forsyte Woman at AllRovi
- That Forsyte Woman at the TCM Movie Database
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