No Love for Johnnie
| No Love for Johnnie | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Ralph Thomas |
| Starring |
Peter Finch Stanley Holloway |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Edited by | Alfred Roome |
| Distributed by | Embassy Pictures Corporation |
Release dates |
9 February 1961 (World Premiere, London 14 February 1961 (UK) December 12, 1961 (US) |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
No Love for Johnnie is a 1961 British drama film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was based on the book of the same title by the Member of Parliament Wilfred Fienburgh and stars Peter Finch.
The film had its world premiere on 9 February 1961 at the Leicester Square Theatre in London's West End.
Johnnie is reelected with the ruling Labour Party but is disappointed not to receive an invitation to join the Government. As his wife leaves him, he joins a conspiratorial group working against the centrist government. Mary, the single woman upstairs clearly adores him but they never quite become a couple. Johnnie falls in love with a 20-year-old student/model Pauline, and misses an important speech because he is in bed with Pauline. His conspirators turn against him and cause his constituents to turn against him. He narrowly escapes a vote of no-confidence in his constituency, and goes in search of Pauline who has ended their relationship, still in love, but knows it is not the right relationship for her.
He goes back home, to find his wife wants to try again, Mary is still interested and the Prime Minister offers him a post.....
Finch won two film awards for this performance - one a BAFTA and the other the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Cast
- Peter Finch as Johnnie Byrne
- Stanley Holloway as Fred Andrews
- Mary Peach as Pauline
- Donald Pleasence as Roger Renfrew
- Billie Whitelaw as Mary
- Hugh Burden as Tim Maxwell
- Rosalie Crutchley as Alice
- Michael Goodliffe as Dr. West
- Mervyn Johns as Charlie Young
- Geoffrey Keen as The Prime Minister
- Paul Rogers as Sydney Johnson
- Dennis Price as Flagg
- Peter Barkworth as Henderson
- Fenella Fielding as Sheila
- Derek Francis as Frank
- Conrad Phillips as Drake
- Gladys Henson as Constituent
- Peter Sallis as M.P.
References
- ↑ "Berlinale 1961: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-01-23.