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A sometimes interesting character study of a young actress / model and her downward spiral in 1960s London. Good performances all around, but no likeable characters at all. Possibly good fare for a rainy Saturday afternoon.
Darling
- Drama
- Romance
8/3/1965
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When she was good she was very, very good… and when she was bad she was DARLING!
The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored woman, who toys with the affections of several men while gaining fame and fortune.
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Cast
Julie ChristieDiana Scott
Dirk BogardeRobert Gold- Laurence HarveyMiles Brand
- José Luis de VilallongaPrince Cesare della Romita
- Roland CurramMalcolm
- Basil HensonAlec Prosser-Jones
- Dante PosaniGino
- Umberto RahoSignor Palucci
- Alex ScottSean Martin
- Brian WildeBasil Willett
- Peter BaylissLord Alex Grant
- T.R. BowenTony Bridges (as Trevor Bowen)
- Georgina CooksonCarlotta Hale
- James CossinsMr. Basildon
- Helen LindsayFelicity Prosser-Jones
- Carlo PalmucciCurzio della Romita
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Geronimo1967
Julie Christie is on top form as the determined "Diana". She is an attractive aspiring model and nothing is going to stop her reaching her goals - fame and fortune! She is married and initially in love with "Tony" (TR Bowen) but a chance interview with "Gold" (Dirk Bogarde) offers her new opportunities and horizons and soon they are adulterers together! Not for long though, he introduces her to "Brand" (Laurence Harvey) and, well you get the drift. Finally, she ends up in a bit of a shell marriage to the Prince Cesare (José Luis de Vilallonga) and it is at this point she gives the interview that provides us with this retrospective of her life that is largely told via flashback. John Schlesinger works his cast really well here and together w...