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Three Into Two Won't Go

  • 19691969
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
219
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POPULARITY
65,676
2,193
Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, and Judy Geeson in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
Drama
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances.... Read allSteve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances. But when Ella moves into a room in Steve and Frances's house, he must keep the true natur... Read allSteve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances. But when Ella moves into a room in Steve and Frances's house, he must keep the true nature of his relationship with Ella under wraps at all costs.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
219
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
65,676
2,193
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Peter Hall
    • Writers
      • Andrea Newman(novel)
      • Edna O'Brien
    • Stars
      • Rod Steiger
      • Claire Bloom
      • Judy Geeson
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Peter Hall
    • Writers
      • Andrea Newman(novel)
      • Edna O'Brien
    • Stars
      • Rod Steiger
      • Claire Bloom
      • Judy Geeson
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    • 13User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 nominations total

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    Rod Steiger, Peggy Ashcroft, and Claire Bloom in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Judy Geeson in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Claire Bloom in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Claire Bloom in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Rod Steiger in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Rod Steiger in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Rod Steiger and Judy Geeson in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Claire Bloom in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Claire Bloom and Judy Geeson in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Claire Bloom in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)

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    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Steve Howard
    Claire Bloom
    Claire Bloom
    • Frances Howard
    Judy Geeson
    Judy Geeson
    • Ella Patterson
    Peggy Ashcroft
    Peggy Ashcroft
    • Belle
    Paul Rogers
    Paul Rogers
    • Jack Roberts
    Lynn Farleigh
    Lynn Farleigh
    • Janet
    Elizabeth Spriggs
    Elizabeth Spriggs
    • Marcia
    Sheila Allen
    • Beth
    Diana Webster
    Diana Webster
    • Director
      • Peter Hall
    • Writers
      • Andrea Newman(novel)
      • Edna O'Brien
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    • Trivia
      Julie Christie turned down the role of Ella Patterson.
    • Soundtracks
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      (uncredited)

      Written by Tony Cole

    User reviews13

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    10/10
    A cult film of its time.
    I watched this film recently for the first time in over 30 years and was very pleasantly surprised. I remembered a film that caught the mood and feel of Britain in the mid 1960s without falling into the 'Swinging Britain' clichés that so many other films thought they had to propagate, my memory proved correct. Those who feel that this is like a TV play are not entirely wrong but while Andrea Newman was to become famous for risqué TV drama, this film is more in the tradition of the 'kitchen-sink'films such as 'Saturday Night And Sunday Morning' but with an emphasis on middle-class rather than working-class life. Rod Steiger is excellent as the middle-aged angst-ridden lead, unhappily married to a repressed and apparently barren wife (Claire Bloom). The onset of the 'Technological Revolution' is the the backdrop for the drama in which old values and certainties are challenged. This is the stage for the central character played by Judy Geeson, a role which at the time was a shocking departure from the typical prim behaviour of contemporary heroines. The reversal of roles, with the girl rating her conquests in a little-black-book was a precursor to the Feminist movement and was criticised at the time for promoting promiscuity among young girls. The irony of these criticisms is to be seen in both Claire Bloom's and Peggy Ashcroft's characters who are both acceptingly dissatisfied. Peter Hall made few films and on this evidence that is a great shame. Steiger is exemplary and wholly credible showing why he was so highly regarded
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    • Release date
      • October 6, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Autostoperka
    • Filming locations
      • Hampshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Julian Blaustein Productions Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes

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