A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
John Boxer
- Police Officer in Courtroom
- (uncredited)
Gerald Campion
- René
- (uncredited)
Raymond Francis
- RAF Officer Jackie Jackson
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Alexander Walker in 'Sex in the Movies', Marlene Dietrich turned down the film "on the grounds that she could never be convincing as a woman who tries to gas herself because she cannot keep her lover or find other men."
- Quotes
Dawn Maxwell: Anyway, chin up, love... there's nothing ever quite so bad but thinking makes it worse
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Brink's Job (1978)
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The Deep Blue Sea
I can't help but feel that this film is one purely for devotees of Vivien Leigh, rather than one with much more general appeal. Her depiction of the rather selfish "Hester", stuck in an unhappy marriage with High Court Judge "Sir William" (Emyln Williams) whilst having a pretty open affair with former fighter pilot "Freddie" (Kenneth More) is really rather frosty, almost sterile. We start as she is found asleep in a chair, knocked out by a combination of sleeping pills and the gas from the fire. Eric Portman, a fellow lodger, helps revive her and we gradually begin to unravel her complicated situation driven by an almost self-destructive approach to her own life and to her relationships with both of her men. Sadly, though Williams performs adequately as her still loving and supportive husband, Moore and Leigh have no chemistry at all. He seems content to offer us little more than a hybrid preview performance of his Douglas Bader character from ("Reach for the Sky" made the next year) coupled with some drink-induced over acting, and she makes little impact on the complex nature of the characters offered us by Terence Rattigan. The production, like the whole thing, is competent and well put together, it's all just a bit flat and I was quite disappointed with the lack of warmth and passion in this tale of, essentially, warmth and passion...
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- Nov 14, 2022
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Lockende Tiefe
- Filming locations
- Cremorne Road, Chelsea, London, England, UK(the Page's home)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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