Justine (1969 film)
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| Directed by | George Cukor Joseph Strick |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by | Lawrence B. Marcus Andrew Sarris Lawrence Durrell (novel) |
| Starring | Anouk Aimée Dirk Bogarde Robert Forster Anna Karina |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Editing by | Rita Roland |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | August 6, 1969 |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7,870,000[1] |
| Box office | $2.2 million (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
Justine (1969) is a drama film directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. It was written by Lawrence B. Marcus and Andrew Sarris, based on the 1957 novel Justine by Lawrence Durrell.
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Plot [edit]
Set in Alexandria in 1938, a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden, a British consular officer. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine, the wife of an Egyptian banker. Darley befriends her, and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British, the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine. The plot fails, Justine is sent to jail, and Darley returns to England.
Cast [edit]
- Anouk Aimée - Justine
- Dirk Bogarde - Pursewarden
- Robert Forster - Narouz
- Anna Karina - Melissa
- Philippe Noiret - Pombal
- Michael York - Darley
- John Vernon - Nessim
- Jack Albertson - Cohen
- Cliff Gorman - Toto
- George Baker - Mountolive
- Elaine Church - Liza
- Michael Constantine - Memlik Pasha
- Marcel Dalio - French Consul General
- Michael Dunn - Mnemjian
- Barry Morse - Maskelyne
- Danielle Roter - Drusilla
References [edit]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, January 7, 1970 p 15
External links [edit]
- Justine at the Internet Movie Database
