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16/06/1971 Drama, Romance 1h 56m
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In those days, you fell in love with your own class. Or found a Go-Between.

Overview

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

  1. Joseph Losey

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Julie Christie

    Lady Marian Trimingham

  2. Alan Bates

    Ted Burgess

  3. Edward Fox

    Hugh Trimingham

  4. Michael Redgrave

    The Older Leo Colston

  5. Dominic Guard

    The Young Leo Colston

  6. Margaret Leighton

    Mrs Maudsley

  7. Michael Gough

    Mr Maudsley

  8. Richard Gibson

    Marcus Maudsley

  9. Simon Hume-Kendall

    Denys

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-05-29
Sadly, time has not been very kind to the potency of this film. In 2020s society, the overwhelming feeling of "so what?" is hard to shake off; despite some really strong performances. Dominic Guard is "Leo", just 13 when he is invited to summer at the Norfolk country home of one of his classmates. He quickly befriends his older sister "Marian" (Julie Christie) and is soon acting - innocently, at first - as her courier passing ostensibly harmless letters between herself, her fiancée "Hugh" (Edward Fox) and a swarthy tenant farmer "Ted" (Alan Bates). Guard is great as the young man who starts t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$100,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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