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Status
Released
Release
1962
Runtime
2h 10m
A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.
22 Cast Members
Laurence Olivier
Graham Weir
Simone Signoret
Anna Weir
Sarah Miles
Shirley Taylor
Terence Stamp
Mitchell
Hugh Griffith
O'Hara
Roland Culver
Trowman
Dudley Foster
Detective Sergeant Keirnan
Frank Pettingell
Ferguson
Thora Hird
Mrs. Taylor
Norman Bird
Mr. Taylor
Newton Blick
Prosecutor
Allan Cuthbertson
Sylvan-Jones
Barbara Ferris
Joan
Rosamund Greenwood
Constance
Nicholas Hannen
Magistrate
Roy Holder
Thompson
Derren Nesbitt
Lodger
Clive Colin Bowler
Collins
Earl Cameron
Chard
Julia Foster
Virginia
