| Personal Affair | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anthony Pelissier |
| Produced by | Anthony Darnsborough |
| Written by | Lesley Storm from her play "A Day's Mischief" |
| Starring | Gene Tierney Leo Genn Glynis Johns |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
| Editing by | Frederick Wilson |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | U.K Dec.21,1953 / U.S Oct.15,1954 |
| Running time | 82 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Personal Affair is a 1953 British drama film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, and Glynis Johns.[1][2][3]
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Johns plays Barbara Vining, a teen-age student that has an unrequited crush on her Latin teacher, Stephen Barlow (Genn). When Barlow's wife Kay (Tierney) finds out about this, she confronts Barbara, who is humiliated and runs off. Stephen chases after her to try to calm her down near a local river. Barbara does not return home to her parents for three days, during which time Stephen is accused by the community of causing her death without any evidence, causing him to lose his job and nearly his marriage. Walter Fitzgerald and Megs Jenkins play her parents Henry and Vi, and Pamela Brown plays her spinster Aunt Evelyn, who lives with the family and with her gossip and innuendo, makes the situation worse.
The film was reviewed by Bosley Crowther of the New York Times in the October 23, 1954 edition. Crowther called the film "a decent, eventually tedious film".[4]