US Release date: 7 May 1948
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 March 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Running time: 109 minutes
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker & Sydney Greenstreet
Australian Distributor: Warner Bros
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum for one week from 24 February 1950 with King of the Lumberjacks as support.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 174 | 133 |
| EF PPE | 3.63 | 150 |
| Metres Travelled | 492,014 | 144 |
| Average MT | 10,250 | 166 |
| Engagements | 48 | 124 |
| Slots | 49 | 206 |
| Weeks | 1 | 284 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 2.08% | 330 |
| Saturdays | 10 | 219 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 20.83% | 275 |
| Tuesdays | 37 | 4 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 77.08% | 16 |
| First billed | 46 | 68 |
| Second billed | 2 | 248 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 44 |
| Ratio | 91.67% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.69% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 4 |
| Ratio | 8.33% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.94% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 34 |
| Ratio | 70.83% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.05% |
| Independent eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 10.42% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.08% |
| Suburban eng | 9 |
| Ratio | 18.75% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.97% |
Notes: Warners mystery-thriller that Hoyts used to fill Tuesdays from late March into mid-April, usually with The Calendar as support. Due to having the fourth most Tuesdays of any film released to the suburbs in 1950, its EF ranking was low for such a widely played, top-billed feature.
The Woman in White engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | S | 1 | Silent Conflict |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | The Calendar |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Tucson |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| St.Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Tucson |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Coburg | Town Hall | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 15/4/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 22/4/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 29/4/50 | 6 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 6/5/50 | 7 | T | 1 | Secret Service Investigator |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 6/5/50 | 7 | T | 1 | The Calendar |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 20/5/50 | 10 | T | 1 | Badger’s Green |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 11 | T | 1 | Song of the Saddle |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 22/7/50 | 16 | T | 2 | Dark Past |
| Preston East | Gowerville | Independent | 12/8/50 | 19 | S | 1 | Under Nevada Skies |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 26/8/50 | 21 | T | 1 | Empty Holsters |
The 1950 Project 