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Director:
Eric Till
Writers:
Winston Graham (novel)
George Bluestone (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 August 1970 (Finland) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Some men will ask anything. more
Plot:
A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
David Hemmings ... Leigh Hartley

Samantha Eggar ... Deborah Dainton
Emlyn Williams ... Jack Foil
Phyllis Calvert ... Erica Dainton
Ferdy Mayne ... Douglas Dainton
Francesca Annis ... Arabella Dainton
Bridget Turner ... Sarah Dainton
Dudley Sutton ... Ted Sandymount
John Woodvine ... Bertie Irons
David Savile ... David Talbot
Derek Cox ... Guard #1
Harvey Sambrook ... Guard #2
Gwen Cherrell ... Mrs. Hartley
Walter Horsbrugh ... Mr. Maitland (as Walter Horsburgh)
Basil Henson ... Insp. Malcolm
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | USA:GP
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK
Company:
Jerry Gershwin-Elliott Kastner more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last cinema film of Emlyn Williams. more
Quotes:
Deborah: Of course you can. What's love!? love is sex, hate, ambitious, selfishness, you name it. more
Movie Connections:
References Smultronstället (1957) more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Icon turns seedy., 29 November 2005
7/10
Author: richard-meredith27 from United Kingdom

David Hemmings was THE Icon of Swinging 1960's London following his performance in 'Blow Up'. Here he plays Leigh, a slightly sinister seedy artist in 1969/ 70's London, who picks up Deborah (a very beautiful Samantha Eggar) at a fashionable party in Hampstead.

Leigh is a sordid betrayer and crook who may be only using Deborah to gain access to the auction house she works in. When she realises this, Deborah proves to be capable of dealing with the problem and her walking stick, far from eliciting sympathy for her minor disability, proves to be a prop for her strengths.

It is a good example of British Cinema. A strong storyline, originally by author Winston Graham, is moved along by well lit, deep technical images of a London that has in the case of the West India Dock sequences disappeared. And unlike modern films it is not afraid of silence. The music is sparse and appropriate (check out the guitar solo. Isn't it familiar?).

This is a film to buy and watch when the alternative on a wet Bank Holiday is endless 'Carry-On' or Sitcom spin-off films being shown back-to-back on TV.

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