The Go-Between

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The Go-Between
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PG,1hr 56min
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July 29, 1971
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Columbia Pictures
Synopsis: The third collaboration between director Joseph Losey and writer Harold Pinter, following The Servant and Accident, continues their exploration of class rituals and the darker recesses of desire. Pinter's script adapts the 1953 L.P. Hartley novel about Leo Colston, a middle-aged man (Michael Redgrave), recalling a summer of his early adolescence at a country estate. Young Leo (Dominic Guard) observes the machinations of the adults in the household, all but two of whom conveniently ignore his presence. ... Full Synopsis
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What sets The Go-Between apart from its two predecessors, the Joseph Losey-Harold Pinter collaborations The Servant and Accident, is a strong sense of melancholy, no doubt a reflection of L.P. Hartley's source material. The decadence of the first two films is less obvious here; the aristocratic rot that Julie Christie's Marion Maudsley is trying desperately to escape is not the focus of the film; it's ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Marion Maudsley
Ted Burgess
Mrs. Maudsley
Leo (old)
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