Written by Terence Rattigan, from his play, another grouping of characters in a single residence, this time a huge house on the Embankment that's been converted into individual flats. The story jumps around in time.
We found the Vivian Leigh character rather wet and unlikeable, and the ending downbeat. Kenneth More is in serious mode, for a change, reprising the role he played on stage. Rattigan's play is allegedly a mirror for his own closet relationship with Kenny Baker, its failure and aftermath. Which is actually more interesting than the play itself.
With Eric Portman, Emlyn Williams, Moira Lister, Dandy Nichols, Jimmy Hanley, Alec McCowen, Sidney James.
Music: Malcolm Arnold. Photography: Jack Hildyard. Editing Bert (as 'A.S.') Bates. Production design Vincent Korda. Our extremely blurry and jumpy copy broadcast on TPTV didn't help.
I think we found the Terence Davies version from 2011 more satisfactory.
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