While I Live
6.5
In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a result of her tragic death and her haunting uncompleted composition 'The Dream of Olwen'. Her reclusive sister Julia (Sonia Dresdel), who has never come to terms with Olwen's death, becomes convinced that Olwen has returned when she meets an amnesiac woman who looks like her.
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Sonia Dresdel
Julia Trevelyan
Known for
The Fallen Idol
Carol Raye
Sally Grant
Also in
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The Young Doctors
Tom Walls
Nehemiah
Also in
The Halfway House
Crackerjack
Patricia Burke
Christine Sloan
Also in
Lisbon Story
Forbidden
Clifford Evans
Peter Sloan
Known for
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Kiss of the Vampire
John Warwick
George Grant
Also in
The Face at the Window
The Ticket of Leave Man
Audrey Fildes
Olwen Trevelyan
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Ernest Butcher
Ambrose
Also in
It's in the Bag
Dear Murderer
Enid Hewitt
Ruth
Also in
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
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John Harlow Director · Doreen Montgomery Writer Robert Bell Author
First release October 7, 1947 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Edward Dryhurst Productions
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 7, 1947
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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