The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex roles, Shepherd leaves Jane when she accepts a teaching post at Oxford. He later changes his views, and the couple is reunited.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Leontine SaganDirector
- Anthony GibbsWriter
- Leontine SaganWriter
- Arthur WimperisWriter
Cast
- Joan GardnerJane Anderson
- Robert DonatJulian Angell
- Merle OberonYsobel d'Aunay
- Emlyn WilliamsHorners
- Maurice BraddellAllan Shepherd
- John TraynorMr. Waters
- Esther KissMaggie
- Annie EsmondMrs. Oliphant
- Charles CarsonSenior Proctor
- Gerald CooperTutor
Stills
Themes
based on play or musicalromance