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Writers:
L.P. Hartley (novel)
Wolf Mankowitz (writer)
Release Date:
18 August 1973 (Sweden) more
Awards:
Won 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
Disappointing more (4 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Robert Shaw | ... | Steven Ledbetter | |
| Sarah Miles | ... | Lady Franklin | |
| Peter Egan | ... | Captain Hugh Cantrip | |
| Caroline Mortimer | ... | Connie | |
| Elizabeth Sellars | ... | Lady Franklin's mother | |
| Ian Hogg | ... | Davis | |
| Christine Hargreaves | ... | Doreen | |
| Lyndon Brook | ... | Doctor | |
| Patricia Lawrence | ... | Mrs. Hansen | |
| Petra Markham | ... | Edith | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ernest C. Jennings | |||
| Alison Leggatt | |||
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Runtime:
108 min | USA:95 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)
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Lady Franklin:
[Asking Hugh about his wartime experiences] Was it very bad?
Captain Hugh Cantrip:
[There is a telling silence: we cannot see his expression because of the shadows]
Lady Franklin:
Well, you're back now.
Captain Hugh Cantrip:
[as light and shadow flicker across his face] Am I? Sometimes I wonder...
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If you have enjoyed the original Hartley book with its subtleties and irony, then this film is going to be a big disappointment. Although the pace and direction of the screenplay are broadly the same, some of the characters are missing and others have extended roles. The revised finale completely loses the harrowing irony and pathos of the book. Ripe for a Merchant/Ivory production...