Status
Released
Release
1969
Runtime
1h 48m
"Let yourself go... they do!"
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
23 Cast Members
James Mason
Bradley Morahan
Helen Mirren
Cora Ryan
Jack MacGowran
Nat Kelly
Neva Carr-Glynn
Ma Ryan
Andonia Katsaros
Isabel Marley
Michael Boddy
Hendricks
Harold Hopkins
Ted Farrell
Slim DeGrey
Cooley
Max Meldrum
TV Interviewer
Hudson Faucett
New Yorker
Peggy Cass
His Wife
Eric Reiman
An Art Lover
Frank Thring
Godfrey
Tommy Hanlon Jr.
Levi-Strauss
Dora Hing
Receptionist
Clarissa Kaye-Mason
Brisbane Bird · Meg (as Clarissa Kaye)
Judith McGrath
Brisbane Bird · Grace (as Judy McGrath)
Lenore Caton
Brisbane Bird · Edna
Diane Strachan
Brisbane Bird · Susie
Roberta Grant
Brisbane Bird · Ivy
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