Petulia

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Petulia
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Directed by	Richard Lester
Produced by	Don Devlin, Denis O'Dell, Raymond Wagner
Written by	John Haase (novel), Lawrence B. Marcus
Starring	Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain
Music by	John Barry
Cinematography	Nicolas Roeg
Editing by	Antony Gibbs
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	1968
Running time	105 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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Petulia is a British drama film filmed in San Francisco, California, and released in 1968. The film was directed by Richard Lester (who had also directed A Hard Day's Night). Petulia was written by Lawrence B. Marcus, and based on a novel by John Haase. Academy Award winning actors George C. Scott and Julie Christie star in the movie.

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The film begins with physician Archie Bollen (Scott) divorcing his wife. He meets Petulia Danner (Julie Christie) at a charity event, who throws herself at him and later announces her intention to marry Bollen, though she is already married herself. One afternoon, Bollen finds Petulia savagely beaten in her apartment.