with "runners up" being The Bells of St Marys, Piccadilly Incident, The Road to Utopia, Tomorrow is Forever, Brief Encounter, Wonder Man, Anchors Away, Kitty, The Captive Heart, The Corn is Green, Spanish Main, Leave Her to Heaven, Gilda, Caravan, Mildred Pierce, Blue Dahlia, Years Between, O.S.S., Spellbound, Courage of Lassie, My Reputation, London Town, Caesar and Cleopatra, Meet the Navy, Men of Two Worlds, Theirs is the Glory, The Overlanders, and Bedelia. US release Problems with American censors made extensive re-shooting necessary before the film was released in the United States (according to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies). The problems were that the women's dress bodices (appropriate for the era portrayed) were very low-cut and showed too much cleavage for the USA motion picture production code. It was a problem Jane Russell had in The Outlaw (1943). TCM sometimes airs the original, uncensored version on its USA basic cable network. Margaret Lockwood said "We had to do nine days of retakes to satisfy the censor on that film and it all seemed very foolish." Mason said "I don't like it now", referring to the film after the changes. Proposed sequel Maurice Ostrer reportedly wanted to make a sequel but this was vetoed by J. Arthur Rank who had taken over ownership of Gainsborough studios. In 1950 it was announced Arliss had written a sequel, The Wicked Lady's Daughter but it was never made. References External links The Wicked Lady at BFI Screenonline Review of film at Variety The Wicked Lady (1945) at Silver Sirens The Wicked Lady at Britmovie Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton at University of Hertfordshire Press 1945 films 1940s historical adventure films British historical adventure films British black-and-white films British swashbuckler films Films based on British novels Films set in the 17th century Films set in country houses Melodrama films Gainsborough Pictures films Films directed by Leslie Arliss Films about highwaymen 1940s English-language films 1940s British films