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MOVIE1967 1h 45m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Stephen, a married Oxford tutor in his forties, has two students: the rich and likeable William, of whom he is fond, and a beautiful, enigmatic Austrian named Anna, whom he secretly covets. William also fancies Anna and hopes to know her better. Stephen, while his wife is away having their third child, looks up an old flame in London and they sleep together. Returning home, he finds that his pushy colleague Charley has broken in and is using it for sex with Anna. Her tryst discovered, she tells Stephen privately that she is getting engaged to William. Excited at his good fortune, William says he will call round to Stephen's house after a party that night. As William is too drunk to drive, Anna takes the wheel and crashes the car outside Stephen's gate. Upon finding the accident and William dead, Stephen pulls the deeply shaken Anna from the wreckage and hides her upstairs while he calls the police. When they have gone, he forces himself on her although she is still in shock and then takes her back to her rooms. He comes by in the morning to find a bemused Charley who cannot prevent Anna from packing to go back to Austria.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Vivien Merchant
Rosalind
Alexander Knox
Provost
Ann Firbank
Laura
Brian Phelan
Police Sergeant
Maxwell Caulfield
Ted
Stanley Baker
Charley
Michael York
William
Terence Rigby
Plainclothes Policeman