Passionate Stranger (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Directed by Muriel Box

Starring: Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Carlo Giustini, Patricia Dainton, Ada Reeve, Andree Melly, Frederick Piper, Michael Shepley, Thorley Walters, George Woodbridge
Contributors: Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Peter Rogers, Humphrey Searle, Otto Heller
Studio: StudioCanal
Genre: Feature
Main Language: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 14 Aug 2023
Originally Issued: 1957
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 93 minutes

Description

Muriel Box directs this 1950s comedy in which a writer of erotic fiction encounters trouble when her chauffeur gets his hands on her latest manuscript. Judith Wynter (Margaret Leighton) is a successful author of romantic fiction who is always on the lookout for new ideas. When she and her husband (Ralph Richardson) take on an Italian chauffeur, Carlo (Carlo Giustini), she is inspired and quickly puts pen to paper on a fantasy built around a lady's driver.

However, when Carlo discovers the manuscript he takes it a little too literally and begins to harbour designs on his employer. Can Judith, Carlo and co. untangle themselves from the surprisingly intricate web of fantasy and reality in time to avert disaster?

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Muriel Box (director)
• Other Documentary: 'An Out and Out Feminist: Muriel Box and 'The Passionate Stranger''