THE GO-BETWEEN
by Joseph Losey
synopsis
Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last, and the summer Leo (Dominic Guard) turns thirteen. He's the guest of Marcus (Richard Gibson), a wealthy classmate, at a grand house in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian (Julie Christie), Marcus' twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh (Edward Fox), a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a forest-green suit, takes him on walks, and asks him to carry messages to and from their neighbor, Ted Burgess (Sir Alan Bates), a bit of a rake. Leo is soon dissembling, realizes he's betraying Hugh, but continues as the go-between nonetheless, asking adults naive questions about the attractions of men and women.
international title: | The Go-Between |
original title: | The Go-Between |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 1971 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Joseph Losey |
film run: | 116' |
release date: | FR 25/05/1971, SE 21/09/1971, UK 23/09/1971, BE 24/09/1971, IT 29/09/1971, DK 03/11/1971, FI 06/01/1972, PT 21/01/1972, ES 17/02/1972, IE 10/03/1972, HU 23/03/1972, DE 06/06/1972, TR 02/1973, GR 14/10/2006 |
screenplay: | Harold Pinter |
cast: | Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard |
cinematography by: | Gerry Fisher |
film editing: | Reginald Beck |
costumes designer: | John Furniss |
producer: | John Heyman, Norman Priggen |
executive producer: | Robert Velaise |