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The Killing of Sister George
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Overview

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7.0/10   822 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Lukas Heller (writer)
Frank Marcus (play)
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Release Date:
12 December 1968 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The story of three consenting adults in the privacy of their own home.
Plot:
George lives with her lover, Childie and plays a cheerful district nurse in a BBC soap opera. However... more | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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Scathing indictment of show biz more (22 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Beryl Reid ... June 'George' Buckridge
Susannah York ... Alice 'Childie' McNaught
Coral Browne ... Mercy Croft
Ronald Fraser ... Leo Lockhart
Patricia Medina ... Betty Thaxter
Hugh Paddick ... Freddie
Cyril Delevanti ... Ted Baker
Sivi Aberg ... Diana
William Beckley ... Floor Manager
Elaine Church ... Marelen
Brendan Dillon ... Bert Turner
Mike Freeman ... Noel
Maggie Paige ... Maid
Jack Raine ... Deputy Commissioner
Dolly Taylor ... Tea Lady
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Additional Details

Runtime:
138 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (2005) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Australia:R | West Germany:18 (f) | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:X | USA:R (re-rating) (1972) | USA:X (original rating)

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Robert Aldrich always counted this as a personal favorite of all his films. more
Quotes:
George: I collect horse brasses.
Mercy Croft: Oh, how useful.
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Featured in "X-Rated" (2004) more

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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Scathing indictment of show biz, 4 July 2002
8/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Beryl Reid gives a no-holds-barred performance as an aging lesbian actress who's already teetering on the edge when she gets word that her character in a TV soap opera is to be killed off. She takes out her frustrations on her childlike lover (Susannah York) and a production head (Coral Browne), the two of whom eventually become intimate on their own. The script-reading sequence had me howling with laughter, and Reid's non-stop barrage of put-downs, insults, wisecracks and other hateful remarks are acidly hilarious. A surprisingly realistic sex scene near the end is pretty graphic for its time (I almost felt like looking away) and we never learn much about Browne's icy character, but the final scene is gut-wrenching, as is the final line of dialogue. *** from ****

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