The Passionate Stranger (1957)
1h 37m
Running Time
March 4, 1957Release Date
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
1h 37m
Running Time
March 4, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!
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Cast & Crew.
Margaret Leighton
Judith Wynter
Ralph Richardson
Roger Wynter
Patricia Dainton
Emily
Carlo Giustini
Carlo
George Woodbridge
1st Landlord
Allan Cuthbertson
Dr. Stevenson
Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Poldy
Barbara Archer
Doris (uncredited)
Andrée Melly
Marla
Thorley Walters
Jimmy
Frederick Piper
Mr. Poldy
Michael Trubshawe
Second Landlord
Megs Jenkins
Millie
Alexander Gauge
MC at Dance
Barbara Graley
Secretary (uncredited)
Michael Shepley
Miles Easter
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Wiki.
The Passionate Stranger (U.S. A Novel Affair) is a 1957 British drama film, directed by Muriel Box and starring Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson. It uses the film within a film device, with the "real" part of the plot shot in black-and-white and the "fictional" element in colour. The interior scenes were shot at Shepperton Studios, with location filming taking place at Chilworth, Surrey.
Box stated that the film was intended "to debunk the sentimental novel...a mild satire on romance as opposed to reality, and the unhappy consequences of confusing the two".