A Much Married Woman Who Drifts From Husband to Husband!
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
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Classical in form, grave, spare and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
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“Is the polish hiding a lack of heart?”
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Cast
- Anne BancroftJo Armitage
- Peter FinchJake Armitage
- James MasonBob Conway
- Janine GrayBeth Conway
- Cedric HardwickeMr. James - Jo's father
- Rosalind AtkinsonMrs. James - Jo's mother
- Alan WebbMr. Armitage - Jake's father
- Richard JohnsonGiles
- Maggie SmithPhilpot
- Anthony NichollsSurgeon
Crew
- Jack ClaytonDirector
- Harold PinterScreenplay
- Penelope MortimerNovel
- Oswald MorrisDirector of Photography
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Jim ClarkEditor
- James WoolfProducer
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