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The Girl Who Couldn't Quite
2026-11-15 01:25:30 · Cedar Herald Index
The Girl Who Couldn't Quite is a 1950 British drama film directed by Norman Lee and starring Bill Owen, Elizabeth Henson and Iris Hoey. It is based on a play by Leo Marks, with its title thought up during a conversation he had with Noor Inayat Khan GC, who had been was a British resistance agent in France in World War II.
It cost an estimated £50,000 to make.

Cast
Bill Owen – Tim
Elizabeth Henson – Ruth
Iris Hoey – Janet
Betty Stockfeld – Pamela
Stuart Lindsell – John Pelham
Vernon Kelso – Paul Evans
Rose Howlett – Rosa
Fred Groves – Tony
Charles Paton – Vicar
References
External links
1950 films
1950 drama films
1950s English-language films
Films directed by Norman Lee
British drama films
British black-and-white films
1950s British films
