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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Lee Remick | ... | Antonia Lynch-Gibbon | |
| Richard Attenborough | ... | Palmer Anderson | |
| Ian Holm | ... | Martin Lynch-Gibbon | |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Honor Klein | |
| Jennie Linden | ... | Georgie Hands | |
| Clive Revill | ... | Alexander Lynch-Gibbon | |
| Ann Firbank | ... | Rosemary Lynch-Gibbon | |
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Rosamund Greenwood | ... | Miss Seelhaft |
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Constance Lorne | ... | Miss Hernshaw |
| Robert Gillespie | ... | Winking Patient | |
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Katherine Parr | ... | Receptionist |
| Nerys Hughes | ... | Nurse | |
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Anne Jameson | ... | Woman at Party (as Ann Jameson) |
| Yvette Rees | ... | Woman at Party | |
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The wine taster and merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbon is married to the shallow and spoiled Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, and loves his mistress Georgie Hands. Antonia is under therapy with Martin's best friend, the psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. One day, Antonia decides to ask for a divorce from Martin, to live with Palmer, but they want to keep Martin as their friend. When Palmer's sister Dr. Honor Klein comes from Oxford to stay with her brother, she discloses the affair of Georgie, who was her student, and Martin to Palmer and Antonia. Meanwhile, Martin's brother Alexander Lynch-Gibbon has a love affair with Georgie, and Martin falls in unrequited love with Honor, but he discovers a secret about Palmer. Who will stay with whom in the end? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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There was considerable difficulty in finding a director for this movie. The movie was actually shot in the Spring of 1969, but it was not until early 1971 that it was seen in its native Britain. See more »Crazy Credits
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