Woman of Straw
United Artists | Release Date: September 30, 1964 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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4
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0
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Orlando SentinelCrosby Day
Woman of Straw, which was by no means a sparkling production or masterful mystery-thriller, did verge on Hitchcock territory. [30 Nov 2003, p.9]
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Hardly a feather in the cap of anyone involved, the film starts out well enough, but the last half degenerates into complete implausibility. Read full review
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The New York TimesEugene Archer
Despite the fancy trappings laid on by the respected old producer-director team of Michael Relph and Basil Dearden, this handsomely colored exercise is the kind of pseudo-Victorian nonsense that Alfred Hitchcock long ago laid to rest. Read full review
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Director Basil Dearden seems, here, to have temporarily misplaced the vigorous insight that has earned him some top credits. Best that can be said of Straw [from the novel by Catherine Arley] is that it looks handsome. But the film gets bogged down by stilted dialog and by the situations. Read full review
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