Quest for Love (1971)

After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has ... See full summary »

Director:

Ralph Thomas

Writers:

John Wyndham (short story "Random Quest"), Terence Feely (screenplay)

Stars:

Joan Collins, Tom Bell, Denholm Elliott

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joan Collins	...	Ottilie / Tracy Fletcher
Tom Bell	...	Colin Trafford
Denholm Elliott	...	Tom Lewis
Laurence Naismith	...	Sir Henry Larnstein
Lyn Ashley	...	Jennifer
Juliet Harmer	...	Geraldine Lambert
Neil McCallum	...	Jimmy
Geraldine Gardner	...	Sylvia (as Trudi Van Doorn)
Jeremy Child	...	Dougie Raynes
Ray McAnally	...	Jack Kahn
Dudley Foster	...	Grimshaw
Geraldine Moffat	...	Stella (as Geraldine Moffatt)
Simon Ward	...	Jeremy
David Weston	...	Johnny Prescott
Drewe Henley	...	Man

Storyline

After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. He also finds that he is married to a beautiful woman who he instantly falls in love with but who his alternate self never cared for. He has some difficulty convincing anyone that he is not actually who they think he is. With the help of a physics professor who believes his story, he finally manages to convince his 'wife' that he is not the man she knew before. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the ...

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Plot Keywords:

coincidence | alternative reality | time | parallel worlds | independent film

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 1971 (UK)

Also Known As:

Anazitontas ton erota

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Peter Rogers Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joan Collins replaced Britt Ekland.

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Connections

Version of Random Quest (2006)

User Reviews

It's Easy to Fall in Love, isn't it?

I first saw this over twenty years ago and it stayed in my mind ever since; they never seemed to play this film on TV in my area and a VHS tape was difficult to find. I finally got one on E-Bay a year ago. I've always been a science fiction fan and my favorite sub-genre was parallel worlds. The original writer (Wyndham) and screenwriters got all the basics correct - certain events in the past transpired differently on this parallel Earth, resulting in a very similar, yet strikingly different world. But what caught me off guard was the romance attached to the story; I don't know, maybe the British storytellers just know how to do this sort of stuff better, but the tale taps into the soul of anyone with just a bit of the romantic in them. I never got that sense of romance, in such a strong dose, in any other film; the similar "Somewhere in Time" with Chris Reeve comes to mind, but it's not even a contest. When Joan Collins first walks into the room, I don't think you even need to be a heterosexual male - you are just swept away on the spot. Tom Bell is also very good as the hero; he sort of stumbles along on this fantastic journey he's been flung into and he soon embraces the entire cosmic appeal of what fate has given to him - a rare gift, as it turns out.