If Winter Comes

UPC: 883316470596

Studio: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: In this drama, set in England, an honorable textbook writer in a village becomes friends with a pregnant girl. The friendship costs him his marriage. Later, the girl dies, and the authorities wonder if it is murder. A coroner's inquest is held, and for a while the writer's social and professional standing sets on the brink of ruin. In the end, he is finally cleared and is therefore free to court his true love. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Category: Romance

If Winter Comes

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/10/2012

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 Academy Apeture

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 119 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: Universal Compatability

Chapters: Disc #1 -- If Winter Comes
1. Chapter 1 [10:00]
2. Chapter 2 [10:00]
3. Chapter 3 [10:00]
4. Chapter 4 [10:00]
5. Chapter 5 [10:00]
6. Chapter 6 [10:00]
7. Chapter 7 [10:00]
8. Chapter 8 [10:00]
9. Chapter 9 [10:00]
10. Chapter 10 [6:36]

Craig Butler

Noble suffering is the order of the day in If Winter Comes, but in a rather unusual twist for films of this genre, the main "sufferer" is a man rather than a woman. That's about the only bit of originality that can be found in Winter, a dully routine little "weeper" that becomes increasingly wearying as it goes along. Despite a few half-hearted attempts to give some depth to the characters, most of what we see on the screen is black-and-white throughout (and that's not a reference to the photography, which by the way is rather good, courtesy of George Folsey). The hero is entirely too good, the woman who loves him too ready to suffer nobly, the wife too much of a hardhearted witch. This is no criticism of Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr and Angela Lansbury, their respective portrayers, who all do a fine job and without whose presence Winter would indeed b e a very chilly affair. They simply can't do much with the material. Somehow a very young Janet Leigh does manage to make something of her clich?d part; hers is the strongest performance and is quite worth seeing. The supporting cast, including Binnie Barnes and Dame May Whitty, also make some nice contributions. Victor Saville's direction is lifeless and by-the-book. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ian Wolfe  Actor 
Virginia Kelly  Actor 
James Fairfax  Actor 
Alex Frazer  Actor 
Joe Strauch, Jr.  Actor 
Sam Harris  Actor 
Patrick Aherne  Actor 
Phyllis Morris  Actor 
Elspeth Dudgeon  Actor 
Cyril Smith  Actor 
Cyril Thornton  Actor 
Pandro S. Berman  Producer 
Marguerite Roberts  Screenwriter 
Victor Saville  Director 
Herbert Stothart  Composer (Music Score) 
Arthur Wimperis  Screenwriter 
John Abbott  Actor 
Walter Pidgeon  Actor 
Deborah Kerr  Actor 
Angela Lansbury  Actor 
Hugh French  Actor 
Binnie Barnes  Actor 
Halliwell Hobbes  Actor 
Janet Leigh  Actor 
Dennis Hoey  Actor 
Reginald Owen  Actor 
Nicholas Joy  Actor 
Owen McGiveney  Actor 
Renee Ray  Actor 
Dame May Whitty  Actor 
Rhys Williams  Actor 
Victor Wood  Actor 

Country: USA