The Browning Version (1951)
1951 · Feature film · 90 min · dir. Anthony Asquith
How could he look on and say nothing ... it was his wife!
- Drama
Synopsis
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
- Writer
- Terence Rattigan
- Cinematography
- Desmond Dickinson
- Studio
- Javelin Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Released
- 1951-04-06
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA 7 wins & 3 nominations total
- Running time
- 90 minutes
Cast & crew
Anthony Asquith Director
Michael Redgrave
Jean Kent
Nigel Patrick
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Bill Travers
Ronald Howard
Ivan Samson
Judith Furse
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · British acting at its best · Thrgfr · 2020-03-27
This is a GREAT movie with a stupendous performance by Michael Redgrave (and all the rest of the cast!) The dramatic tension never eases till the very end.
