The Passionate Stranger ( A Novel Affair )

The Passionate Stranger (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A Novel Affair
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Muriel Box

Written By:
Muriel Box
Sydney Box

Actors:
Ralph Richardson ..... Roger Wynter / Sir Clement
Margaret Leighton ..... Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
Patricia Dainton ..... Emily / Betty
Carlo Giustini ..... Carlo / Mario
Ada Reeve ..... Old Woman
Andree Melly ..... Marla
Frederick Piper ..... Mr. Poldy
Michael Shepley ..... Miles Easter
Thorley Walters ..... Jimmy
George Woodbridge ..... 1st Landlord
Allan Cuthbertson ..... Dr. Stevenson
John Arnatt ..... Maurice Lamport / Martin
Barbara Archer ..... Doris - the barmaid
Marjorie Rhodes ..... Mrs. Poldy
Megs Jenkins ..... Millie

Synopsis:

Pairing Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson, two of Britain's most accomplished film and stage actors, The Passionate Stranger is a gentle satire on the conventions of the romantic novel and the perils of confusing reality with fiction. Directed in inventive fashion by Oscar winner Muriel Box, (sharing writing credits with husband Sydney Box), this hugely engaging comedy is made available here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!

Judith Wynter (Leighton) is a novelist who pens torrid escapist romantic fiction for the popular women's market, although in real life she is a respectable, unassuming woman, happily married to husband Roger (Richardson). She uses people she knows and situations she encounters as the raw material for her fictional flights of fancy. As Roger recuperates from an illness which leaves him temporarily immobile, she pens the rough draft of her latest novel, a lurid tale of a bored and unsatisifed woman with a pompous disabled husband she despises, who embarks on a wild affair with her chauffeur and finds herself expecting his child. The husband dismisses the chauffeur, who vows revenge, and matters escalate melodramatically towards a deadly conclusion. The Wynters' new chauffeur Carlo (Carlo Giustini) stumbles on the manuscript, reads it, and jumps to the conclusion that it is wish fulfilment on Judith's part. Assuming that she harbours a repressed passion for him, he begins trying to signal to her that he knows and understands. To Judith's bewilderment and horror, he starts to attempt to recreate situations and conversations from the novel. Feeling extremely uncomfortable, she brushes off his attentions and he becomes confused and angry. Meanwhile Roger, fully aware of the situation, revels in the amusement of his wife's excruciating embarrassment and Carlo's absurdly misinformed assumptions.

A chauffeur gets the wrong idea when he reads his lady boss's erotic novel.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 May, 2014.

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