Woman in a Dressing Gown

- 1957
- UK
- 1h 33min
- Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
- Written by: Ted Willis
- Cast: Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
- UK release: 27 July 2012
Housewife Amy discovers that her husband Jimbo has become infatuated with his beautiful secretary and is planning to leave his family for her. More about the troubled marriage itself than the affair that threatens it Woman in a Dressing Gown is elegant, adult cinema with a fierce punch.
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Elegant, adult cinema with a fierce emotional punch
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