Overview:
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.| Status: | Released (1968-12-20) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win total |
| Screen: | Leo Marks, Roy Boulting, Roger Marshall |
| Productions: | Charter Film Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 36819: Hayley Mills - Susan Harper
- 51969: Hywel Bennett - Martin (Georgie) Durnley
- 8226: Billie Whitelaw - Joan Harper
- 6637: Frank Finlay - Henry Durnley
- 8225: Barry Foster - Gerry Henderson
- 89534: Phyllis Calvert - Enid Durnley
- 107390: Salmaan Peerzada - Shashie Kadir
Crews
- 68425: Leo Marks - Screenplay - Writing
- 1045: Bernard Herrmann - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 19609: Roger Marshall - Story - Writing
- 47517: Roy Boulting - Director - Directing
- 47517: Roy Boulting - Screenplay - Writing
- 1179381: Thelma Graves - Casting - Production
- 83135: Harry Waxman - Director of Photography - Camera
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**_Hayley Mills in a late 60’s psychological drama-thriller_** A 22 years-old man (Hywel Bennett) cops a childlike personality to get close to a winsome library worker in London (Mills). He seeks to get his foot in the door of her mother’s boarding house. Havoc ensues. “Twis ....
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