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Pretty Polly (also known as A Matter of Innocence) is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Guy Green and based on the short story Pretty Polly Barlow by Noël Coward. It stars Hayley Mills, Shashi Kapoor, Trevor Howard and Brenda De Banzie. The film is largely set in Singapore.
A Matter of Innocence: Directed by Guy Green. With Hayley Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Dorothy Alison, Peter Bayliss. Miss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a travelling companion.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Guy Green
- 1968-01-24
A Matter of Innocence. Polly Barlow (Hayley Mills) is a plain young woman who gets to see the world for the first time when she goes on a vacation with her affluent aunt, Mrs. Innes-Hook.
- Guy Green
- Comedy, Drama
- Hayley Mills, Trevor Howard, Shashi Kapoor
Directed by Guy Green. …a bird who shed her feathers overnight! Miss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in India her aunt’s demise leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arm’s length romance with a local boy. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- Guy Green
- Universal Pictures, George-Granat Productions
Miss Poly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in India her Aunt’s demise leaves her alone to persue her freedom and explore an arms length romance with a local boy.
The film, based on Elizabeth Kata's novel about the interracial love between a blind girl (Elizabeth Hartman) and a black man (Sidney Poitier) despite the protests of her bigoted mother (Shelley Winters), was a critical and commercial hit, and it earned Green a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director.
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An adult Hayley Mills plays a young woman named Polly who accompanies her awful, snooty aunt Brenda de Banzie on a trip to India where circumstances have her on her own and finally enjoying life once away she gets away from the old bat.
