I Watch Films: The Wicked Lady (1945)
The Wicked Lady (1945) At the end of the 17 th century Caroline (Patricia Roc) invites her friend Barbara (Margaret Lockwood) to visit in the country. She’s going to marry wealthy local landowner Sir Ralph Skelton (Griffith Jones). Barbara uses her wiles and she ends up marrying Sir Ralph. At the wedding Sir Raplh’s friend Kit Locksby (Michael Rennie) arrives and he and Barbara fall in love at first sight, awkward as she’s just married his friend for his wealth, estate, and status. Wealth, estate, and status swiftly pale. Things perk up a little when visitors come, with the exciting news of infamous highwayman Captain Jerry Jackson (James Mason). Bored, while playing cards with her sister-in-law Henrietta, Barbara loses her mother’s ruby pendant. To get it back she puts on breeches, mask, and hat, and holds up the coach, claiming to be Jackson. Excited by the thrill she keeps robbing until she encounters Jackson himself. At first annoyed by a poacher on his territory, whe...
