The Trial of Madame X, also known as Jacqueline, is a 1948 British drama film written and directed by Paul England and starring England and Mary Taviner.[1][2] It was written by England, based on the 1908 play Madame X by the French playwright Alexandre Bisson (uncredited).
The film was made in 1948 but not released until 1955.[1]
Plot
A woman is thrown out of her home by her jealous husband and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background.
Natalie Raine (also credited as Natalie Rayne) as Julie, the receptionist
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Old-fashioned novelette of the crudest order, weakly realised and played in such a theatrical fashion that, if the sound were cut off, one might be prepared to believe one was watching a film of the twenties. In a general atmosphere of fervent over-acting or wooden amateurism, only Paul England, as the blackmailing detective, manages to bring any degree of conviction to his part."[3]
Kine Weekly wrote: "It strikes an unhappy note at the start, clumsily piles on the agony and slowly sinks into bathos. Only the very unsophisticated will find the outmoded shenanigans to their liking.... The picture, poorly dialogued, as well as crudely acted, teems with incongruities."[4]
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