02 Dec 1946
Wake Up and Dream
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
Women of Twilight
The Film of the Play by Sylvia Rayman That Makes 'No Room at the Inn' Look Like a Bedtime Story!
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
Top Billed Cast
Freda Jackson Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair
Rène Ray Vivianne Bruce
Lois Maxwell Christine "Chris" Ralston
Laurence Harvey Jerry Nolan
Vida Hope Jessie Smithson
Dora Bryan Olga
Joan Dowling Rosie Gordon
Dorothy Gordon Sally
Ingeborg von Kusserow Lilli
Mary Germaine Veronica
Clare James Molly
Betty Henderson Nurse
Bruce Beeby Minor Role (uncredited)
Arnold Bell Minor Role (uncredited)
Marguerite Brennan Miriam
Harry Brunning Minor Role (uncredited)
Cyril Conway Minor Role (uncredited)
Liam Gaffney Minor Role (uncredited)
Geoffrey Goodheart Minor Role (uncredited)
Edna Morris Second Landlady
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