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1948 Certificate PG
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An acclaimed drama based on the novel by H.G. Wells in which a young woman weds an older man for security and financial stability. A chance meeting with a former lover whose marriage proposal she once refused due to his social standing, rekindles the flames, leaving her torn between a life of comfort and a life of love and .. Read more

Starring Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde White
Director David Lean
Genres Drama

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The Passionate Friends

An acclaimed drama based on the novel by H.G. Wells in which a young woman weds an older man for security and financial stability. A chance meeting with a former lover whose marriage proposal she once refused due to his social standing, rekindles the flames, leaving her torn between a life of comfort and a life of love and happiness.

Starring Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde White, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean
Director David Lean
Studio ITV DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 15 Sep 2008
Production year: 1948
Format DVD

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  • Adapted by Eric Ambler from the novel by HG Wells, this triangular romance is one of three films Lean made in the late... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 5 stars

    The Passionate Friends

    A real classic, well written and acted story, stunning black and white photography by THE Master, Freddy Young, and well restored By the BFI

      • A customer from WEYBRIDGE
      • Posted 06 Nov 2008 23:53

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  • Rated - 4 stars

    Gripping drama

    Great David Lean film, taut and well constructed. Never before has the simple act of asking someone in for a drink been so filled with anxiety as when Claude Rains invites his wife's lover in for a post-theatre drink. Rains is superb as the banker in tight control of his life and emotions, but who is forced to face the fact that his wife has a lover. Superb scene in a Swiss hotel when Rains is toying with a telescope. What will he see... and what will he do? This is an intimate black and white film, very different from the sprawling epics we usually associate Lean with. It shows how good he was with smaller scale dramas. Highly recommended.

      • ESmall from Glasgow
      • Posted 09 May 2009 17:57

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