Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
Acting
Finch and Jackson doing entire emotional arcs through eye contact.
Direction
Schlesinger makes dinner parties feel like war zones.
Writing
Penelope Gilliatt's script: no villains, just three people failing to communicate.
Director
John Schlesinger
Peter Finch
Dr. Daniel Hirsh
Glenda Jackson
Alex Greville
Murray Head
Bob Elkin
Peggy Ashcroft
Mrs. Greville
Tony Britton
George Harding
Maurice Denham
Mr. Greville
Bessie Love
Answering Service Lady
Vivian Pickles
Alva Hodson
Frank Windsor
Bill Hodson
Thomas Baptiste
Prof. Johns
Richard Pearson
Patient
June Brown
Woman Patient
Jon Finch
Scotsman
Harold Goldblatt
Daniel's Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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