The Romantic Englishwoman
Year:
1975
Production Country:
France / Great Britain
A bored Englishwoman, Elizabeth, on a whim, goes to Baden Baden. She meets a young man, Thomas, a drugdealer, and begins an affair with him. The affair continues even after she returns home to her husband, whom she eventually leaves and travels to the Mediterranean with Thomas. The latter however continues his activities in the drug trade, and as a gigolo. Thomas phones Elizabeth's husband to come and collect her, but the husband is followed by one of Thomas's drug contacts who has been looking for him. Thomas is led away by the drug contact and Elizabeth is taken back home by her husband.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Elizabeth Fielding Glenda Jackson
- Lewis Fielding Michael Caine
- Thomas Hursa Helmut Berger
- Swan Michel Lonsdale
- Catherine Béatrice Romand
- Isabel Kate Nelligan
- Miranda Nathalie Delon
- Herman Reinhard Kolldehoff
- Annie Anna Steele
- David Fielding Marcus Richardson
- new nanny Julie Peasgood
- supermarket cashier Frankie Jordan
- neighbour Tom Chatto
- airport shop assistant Frances Tomelty
- 1st mealticket Lady Lillias Walker
- 2nd mealticket Lady Doris Nolan
- Mr Wilson Phil Brown
- Mrs Wilson Marcella Markham
- head waiter Norman Scace
- Hendrik Bill Wallis
- George David De Keyser
- [distraught woman] Margaret Rawlings
- [1st stripper] Julie Green
- [2nd stripper] Yvonne Ocampo
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Joseph Losey
- [1st] Assistant Director Anthony Waye
- [Assistant Director] Yves Amoureux
- [2nd Assistant Director] Gerry Gavigan
- [3rd Assistant Director] Peter Waller
- [Location Unit Director] Terry Hodginkson
- Continuity Pamela Davies
Production
- © National Film Trustee Company Ltd.
- Production Company Dial Films
- Production Company Méric-Matalon
- Presents Daniel M. Angel
- A Fox-Rank release Fox-Rank Film Distributors
- Produced by Daniel M. Angel
- Associate Producer Richard F. Dalton
Casting
- Casting Mary Selway
Writing
- Screenplay by Tom Stoppard
- Screenplay by Thomas Wiseman
- From the novel by Thomas Wiseman
Photography
- Director of Photography Gerry Fisher
- Camera Operator Gerry Anstiss
Stills
- [Stills] Barry Payne
Editing
- Editor Reginald Beck
- Assistant Editor Michael Ellis
Design
- Production Designer Richard Macdonald
- Assistant Art Director Richard Rambaut
- Production Buyer Jill Quertier
Costumes
- Costume Designer Ruth Myers
- Helmut Berger's clothes supplied by Yves Saint-laurent
- [Costume Designer for Glenda Jackson] Alice Pollack
- Costume Supervisor Elsa Fennell
Make-up
- Make-up Artist Bob Lawrence
- Make-up Artist Phil Leakey
- Hairdresser Ann McFadyen
Film processing
- Filmed with Panavision Equipment
- Processed by Rank Film Laboratories
- [Colour by] Eastmancolor
Music
- Music Composed by Richard Hartley
- Music Conducted by Richard Hartley
- Music Arranged by Richard Hartley
Sound
- Sound Recordist Peter Handford
- Sound Recordist Gerry Humphreys
- Dubbing Editor Peter Horrocks
- [Foley (Editor)] John Ireland
