Jassy
Jassy is a 1947 British colour film historical melodrama set in the early 19th century, based on a novel by Norah Lofts. It is a Gainsborough melodrama, the only one to be made in Technicolor. It was the last "official" Gainsborough melodrama.
Plot
Christopher Hatton owns the country estate Mordelaine. While Hatton's son Barney has a romantic tryst with Dilys Helmar, Hatton loses his estate in a game of dice to Dilys' father Nick.
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| author | Campbell Christie Dorothy Christie Geoffrey Kerr |
|---|---|
| director | Bernard Knowles |
| editor | Charles Knott |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | arrest cheat country estate engage finishing school force gamble game of dice kill married murder nothing one night rid run second sight sleep wed young woman |
| musicBy | Henry Geehl |
| producer | J. Arthur Rank Sydney Box |
| productionCompany | Gainsborough Pictures |
| publisher | General Film Distributors Universal Pictures |
| theme | melodrama |