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The End of the Affair

  • 19551955
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 45m
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6.6/10
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Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson in The End of the Affair (1955)
DramaRomance
In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
IMDb RATING
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1.4K
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    • Edward Dmytryk
    • Graham Greene(from the novel by)
    • Lenore J. Coffee(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Deborah Kerr
    • Van Johnson
    • John Mills
    • Edward Dmytryk
    • Graham Greene(from the novel by)
    • Lenore J. Coffee(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Deborah Kerr
    • Van Johnson
    • John Mills
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 34User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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    Van Johnson in The End of the Affair (1955)
    Van Johnson and Frederick Leister in The End of the Affair (1955)
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    Nora Swinburne in The End of the Affair (1955)
    Nora Swinburne in The End of the Affair (1955)
    Deborah Kerr in The End of the Affair (1955)
    Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson in The End of the Affair (1955)
    Deborah Kerr and Peter Cushing in The End of the Affair (1955)

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    Deborah Kerr
    Deborah Kerr
    • Sarah Miles
    Van Johnson
    Van Johnson
    • Maurice Bendrix
    John Mills
    John Mills
    • Albert Parkis
    Peter Cushing
    Peter Cushing
    • Henry Miles
    Michael Goodliffe
    Michael Goodliffe
    • Smythe
    Stephen Murray
    Stephen Murray
    • Father Crompton
    Charles Goldner
    Charles Goldner
    • Savage
    Nora Swinburne
    Nora Swinburne
    • Mrs. Bertram
    Frederick Leister
    Frederick Leister
    • Dr. Collingwood
    Mary Williams
    • Maid
    Laurence Shiel
    • Doctor
    • (as O'Donovan Shiell)
    Elsie Wagstaff
    Elsie Wagstaff
    • Bendrix Landlady
    Christopher Warbey
    • Lancelot Parkis
    Nan Munro
    • Mrs. Tomkins
    Joyce Carey
    Joyce Carey
    • Miss Palmer
    Josephine Wilson
    • Miss Smythe
    Victor Maddern
    Victor Maddern
    • 1st Orator
    David Bird
    • 3rd Orator
      • Edward Dmytryk
      • Graham Greene(from the novel by)
      • Lenore J. Coffee(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Producer David Lewis first acquired the film rights to Graham Greene's novel in January 1952 with Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons as possible leads. Then in March 1952 MGM bought the rights from Lewis. Finally in February 1952, producer David E. Rose acquired the rights with a deal in place for Columbia to distribute the picture.
    • Goofs
      After the bomb explosion, when Sarah leaves, she stops in doorway and grabs the door side with the right hand. Between cuts, she appears without hand on the door at all.
    • Quotes

      Sarah Miles: What do you believe in, Henry? All these years I've been married to you I've never really known; I've never even asked. Do you believe that there's a hell and a heaven, and an immortal soul, and a god who rewards and punishes and answers prayers?

      Henry Miles: It's not exactly the sort of thing to go into over a cup of tea.

    • Connections
      Featured in Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989)

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    7/10
    Van Johnson's love rival
    This is not a great film, but it is better than many critics said it was when the 1999 remake came out. THE END OF THE AFFAIR was one of the key novels of Graham Greene in the 1950s that delved into his intense Catholicism.

    With a background of World War II, neighbors Maurice Bendrix and Sarah Miles (Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr) have a deep, passionate romance. But they are separated for a year or so, and when they try to resume the relationship (or when Johnson tries to resume the relationship - Kerr seems relatively hesitant). It turns out that, due to personal experiences, Kerr has had a religious revelation. She is listening to a Catholic priest. She is also trying to help a man with a deformity (a birthmark) on his face who hates God. She is also concerned about the spiritual health of Johnson and of her actual husband Henry (Peter Cushing, in a very moving - and non-horrific role). The film shows how Kerr affects all the lives around her, even beyond her death after a short illness (as the novel does). Yes, it is too talky - novels about ideas (and here it is the age old question of what is real love, the spiritual or the profane)usually are. Greene, good Catholic exponent that he was, would have said that Kerr's devotion to her God was an outpouring of divine true love to her fellow creatures. Her death is not a tragedy. But Greene the novelist and part-time realist cannot leave it there. Johnson's character is bitter at the end of this remarkable novel, and at the end of the film. And his bitterness is directed at the source of that love that triumphed over his profane one.
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    • theowinthrop
    • Oct 29, 2005

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      • May 1955 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
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      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Coronado Productions
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Black and White

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