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The Go-Between
Directed by Joseph Losey
1971•1h 56m•PG•★ 6.8
Drama / Romance
Synopsis
During the sweltering Edwardian summer of 1900 in Norfolk, a naive twelve-year-old boy staying at a grand country estate is enlisted by the beautiful aristocratic daughter of the house to act as a secret messenger boy carrying handwritten notes to a rugged tenant farmer, unwittingly triggering a devastating moral and class tragedy that destroys his innocence: 'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.' Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter's Cannes Palme d'Or-winning summit starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates with Michel Legrand's score.
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DirectorJoseph Losey
WriterHarold Pinter
CinematographyGerry Fisher
MusicMichel Legrand
Principal Cast
Julie ChristieLady Marian Trimingham
Alan BatesTed Burgess
Edward FoxHugh Trimingham
Michael RedgraveThe Older Leo Colston
Dominic GuardThe Young Leo Colston
Margaret LeightonMrs Maudsley
Michael GoughMr Maudsley
Richard GibsonMarcus Maudsley
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Runtime1h 56m (116 mins)
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DirectorJoseph Losey
LanguagesEnglish
CountryGB
StudioEMI Films • World Film Services
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