That Forsyte Woman

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That Forsyte Woman

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 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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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.

[edit] Plot summary

Irene is the wife of Victorian "man of property" Soames Forsyte. 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, who is engaged to Soames' niece June, 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 Irene tells Bosinney that Soames has raped her, Bosinney, shocked nearly senseless, wanders in the foggy London streets until he is run over. After Irene learns of Bosinney's death she takes refuge with Soames' cousin Young Jolyon, 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
Errol Flynn	Soames Forsyte
Greer Garson	Irene Forsyte
Walter Pidgeon	Young Jolyon Forsyte
Robert Young	Philip Bossiney
Janet Leigh	June Forsyte
Harry Davenport	Old Jolyon Forsyte