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The Browning Version

1951 · 1h 30m · Drama · United Kingdom · Rated U (GB)

How could he look on and say nothing ... it was his wife!

Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.

Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Written by
Terence Rattigan
Starring
Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White
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6.9Smart score

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adulterous wifebased on play or musicalboys' schoolcuckolded husbandenglish teachernasty wifeopenly adulterous wiferetired teacherteacherthoughts of retirement
RatingU (GB)

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