Country Dance (film)
| Country Dance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Written by | James Kennaway |
| Produced by | Robert Emmett Ginna |
| Starring | Peter O'Toole Susannah York Michael Craig |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Edited by | Willy Kemplen |
| Music by | John Addison |
Release date | 22 April 1970 |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Country Dance (also known as Brotherly Love in the USA) is a 1970 British drama film based on the novel Household Ghosts (1961) by James Kennaway which became a three-act stage play in 1967. The film was released on 22 April 1970; it was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
Synopsis
A tragicomedy set in a fading Scottish aristocratic family, in which the drunken Sir Charles Henry Arbuthnot Pinkerton Ferguson, Bt (Peter O'Toole) has an incestuous relationship with his equally eccentric sister Hilary Dow (Susannah York).
Cast
- Peter O'Toole as Sir Charles Ferguson
- Susannah York as Hilary Dow
- Michael Craig as Douglas Dow
- Harry Andrews as Brigadier Crieff
- Cyril Cusack as Dr. Maitland
- Judy Cornwell as Rosie
- Brian Blessed as Jack Baird
- Robert Urquhart as Auctioneer
- Mark Malicz as Benny-the-Pole
- Jean Anderson as Matron
- Lennox Milne as Miss Mailer
- Helena Gloag as Auntie Belle
Kitchen scene was filmed at now derelict Castle Hotel (opposite Tormaukin Hotel Scotland FK14 7JY,
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