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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   1,979 votes
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Writer:
Michael Thomas (written by)
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Release Date:
28 April 1989 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Story That Seduced The World Is Now The Most Controversial Film Of The Year. more
Plot:
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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(5 articles)
The second outing of John Hurt
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The second outing of John Hurt
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User Comments:
Excellent representation of the times and facts. more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Hurt ... Stephen Ward

Joanne Whalley ... Christine Keeler (as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer)

Bridget Fonda ... Mandy Rice-Davies

Ian McKellen ... John Profumo
Leslie Phillips ... Lord Astor (Bill)

Britt Ekland ... Mariella Novotny
Daniel Massey ... Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Roland Gift ... Johnnie Edgecombe
Jean Alexander ... Mrs. Keeler
Alex Norton ... Detective Inspector
Ronald Fraser ... Justice Marshall
Paul Brooke ... John, Detective Sgt.
Jeroen Krabbé ... Eugene Ivanov (as Jeroen Krabbe)
Keith Allen ... Kevin, Reporter Sunday Pictorial

Ralph Brown ... Paul Mann
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, and for language.
Runtime:
115 min | USA:106 min | Canada:111 min
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Color (Fujicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Many UK actors are said to have refused roles in this movie because of the subject could cost them knighthoods and the other honors. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: A title card says, "One Year Later, 1962," indicating Profumo addressed Parliament re Keeler that year. But, Profumo's address was actually in March 1963. more
Quotes:
John Profumo: I have nothing to hide.
Stephen Ward: Come off it John, we all have something to hide, what a boring life it would be if we didn't.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Nothing Has Been Proved more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent representation of the times and facts., 22 July 1999
Author: Yuri Ashuev from Chicago, US

I've read the book that the movie is based on (a collection of reports on the 1963 affair that shook the UK politics). I must say that the movie is very accurate in its portrayal of the times and facts of the case.

That of course would not have made it the film to watch. So it has a lot of nudity to spice things up (man, the sixties were a decadent time!), good acting, and brilliant soundtrack of theme songs just recreates the times for you. John Hurt as the ambitious 'doctor' is excellent, as is Bridget Fonda. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, who played the protagonist, Christine Keeler, is quite forgettable though.

I highly recommend this movie, but beware it's a STRONG "R" film.

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