Not Wanted
“UNWED MOTHER ...her story-the nation's problem!”
1949 · 1 h 31 min
Ida LupinoCast
Sally Forrest 
Keefe Brasselle 
Leo Penn 
Dorothy Adams 
Wheaton Chambers 
Rita Lupino
Credits
Written by: Paul Jarrico
Plot
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced and left pregnant, she gives up her baby and tries to recover.
Sinekatalog’s take
Ida Lupino's drama, with Sally Forrest and Keefe Brasselle, was begun by Elmer Clifton and finished by Lupino; it's sincere and unusually frank for its time.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (1,120 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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