Iris Murdoch's 1961 novel, as written for the stage by her and J.B. Priestley, is adapted here by Frederic Raphael. Ian Holm finds out his wife Lee Remick is a serial adulterer, having slept with her analyst Dickie Attenborough. Meanwhile he's sleeping with Jennie Linden, but shifts his attention to Dickie's half-sister Claire Bloom. Clive Revill, a sculptor, is also involved in messy, shifting proceedings, very much of its time.
There's a great moment where Holm, fed up with the course of proceedings, punches Dickie, then immediately asks 'Are you alright?' - ends up having to borrow five shillings from him. It's a witty and wry script. The most Raphaely bit is Linden - "I absolutely refuse to meet her." CUT TO - "How nice to meet you."
The music's by Stanley Myers, was shot by Austin Dempster in Eastmancolor at several posh London locations.
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