A Severed Head (1970)

Comedy

Antonia, the pampered wife of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, an upper class wine merchant, tells her husband that she is in love with their best friend, the psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. Palmer and Antonia want to deal with the situation in a civilized way, by remaining friends with Martin. Meanwhile Martin tries to keep his mistress, Georgie Hands, a secret, but Palmer's sister, Honor Klein, who taught Georgie at Oxford, tells Palmer and Antonia about her. Furthermore, Honor introduces Georgie to Martin's womanizing brother, Alexander. This is just the beginning of the various liaisons.

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1970-12-01

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infidelity married couple dysfunctional marriage

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Runtime: 98 mins Rating: 7.4 Tag Line: A Severed Head is not a horror story ... It's something else!

Cast

Ian Holm

Martin Lynch-Gibbon

Lee Remick

Antonia Lynch-Gibbon

Richard Attenborough

Palmer Anderson

Ann Firbank

Rosemary Lynch-Gibbon

Clive Revill

Alexander Lynch-Gibbon

Claire Bloom

The Shepherdess (voice)

Rosamund Greenwood

Miss Seelhaft

Jennie Linden

Georgie Hands

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Crew

Frederic Raphael

Screenplay

Peter Weatherley

Editor

Richard Macdonald

Production Design

Dick Clement

Director

Stanley Myers

Original Music Composer

J.B. Priestley

Theatre Play

Austin Dempster

Director of Photography

Sue Yelland

Costume Design

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