The Passionate Stranger
6.2
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!
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Cast
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Ralph Richardson
Roger Wynter / Sir Clement
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
The Fallen Idol
Margaret Leighton
Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway
Known for
Under Capricorn
7 Women
Peter Rogers
Otto Heller
Muriel Box
Also in
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
Patricia Dainton
Emily / Betty
Also in
The House in Marsh Road
Witness in the Dark
Gerald Thomas
George Provis
Sydney Box
Carlo Giustini
Carlo / Mario
Known for
El Cid
Barabbas
Jean Barker
Frederick Piper
Mr. Poldy
Known for
Passport to Pimlico
49th Parallel
Muriel Box Director · Sydney Box Writer Humphrey Searle Composer
Budget $3.1M · United States release August 27, 1957 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$3,140,000
Production
Beaconsfield Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 4, 1957
Theatrical
United States · August 27, 1957
Theatrical
Australia
September 26, 1957
Denmark
May 19, 1958
Finland
October 10, 1958
France
December 24, 1958
Germany
March 19, 1962 · TV premiere
Portugal
March 19, 1958
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