Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl.
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.
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Grave, bleak, classical in form and intimate.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Hayley MillsSusan Harper
- Hywel BennettMartin (Georgie) Durnley
- Billie WhitelawJoan Harper
- Frank FinlayHenry Durnley
- Barry FosterGerry Henderson
- Phyllis CalvertEnid Durnley
- Salmaan PeerzadaShashie Kadir
- Christian RobertsPhilip Harvey
- Gretchen FranklinClarkie
- Timothy WestSuperintendant Dakin
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- Roy BoultingDirector
- Leo MarksScreenplay
- Roy BoultingScreenplay
- Harry WaxmanDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Martin CharlesEditor
- Frank GranatProducer
- George W. GeorgeProducer
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