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The Passionate Stranger (U.S. title A Novel Affair) is a 1957 British drama film, directed by Muriel Box and starring Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson. It uses the film within a film device, with the "real" part of the plot shot in black-and-white and the "fictional" element in colour.
A Passionate Stranger. A female writer hires a new, Italian chauffeur to be both her driver and the subject of her new novel. When he reads the manuscript, he believes that she is in love with him, causing all sorts of complications. Starring: Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Patricia Dainton Contains: Adult Themes
- 93 min
Released August 27th, 1957, 'The Passionate Stranger' stars Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Patricia Dainton, Carlo Giustini The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a user ...
The Passionate Stranger (1957) Movie. Audience Score. 54. NR 1 hr 37 min Aug 27th, 1957 Comedy. Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of ...
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- Ralph Richardson
- Muriel Box
- Beaconsfield Productions
Novel Affair, A, Passionate Stranger Genre. Comedy. Release Date. 1957 Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 37m Sound. Mono Color. Black and White (Eastmancolor) ...
- Muriel Box
- Ralph Richardson
The Passionate Stranger is a clever, charming affair from little Beaconsfield Studios (now home, Wikipedia tells me, to the National Film and Television School, the birthplace of Wallace and Gromit!). Co-written by director Muriel Box and her husband and frequent writing partner, Sydney, the film is two-thirds color fantasy sequence, and one-third black and white framing device, and it works ...
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The BFI declares that The Passionate Stranger: “Surely has no serious rival as the most dazzlingly ambitious commercial British film of the 1950s in terms of form and, in its fluent manipulation of meta-fictional levels, now looks several decades ahead of its time”.
