If Winter Comes is a 1947 American drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr and Angela Lansbury.

[2] Set in the English village Penny Green in 1939, the film focuses on Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon), an author and publisher who is unhappily married to Mabel (Angela Lansbury), a cold, humorless woman who usually spends her days gossiping with the townspeople.

As the war starts, Tony is called into the military; Mark attempts to enlist, but a doctor finds a heart condition and prevents him.

Life becomes quiet for Mark until Effie Bright (Janet Leigh), who has been disowned by her father for becoming pregnant, turns to him for help.

Nona appears, having just learned of Tony's death, and makes a short speech in support of Mark's character.

Mark furiously goes to confront young Twyning's father, but when he gets there, the man is grief-stricken, just having received the news that his son has been killed in the war.

[3] Production was supposed to start on March 1, 1940, but Selznick eventually abandoned the project and sold the rights to Alexander Korda.

[7] Impressed by her performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), Saville assigned Angela Lansbury as Mabel Sabre.