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A Severed Head

R 1971 1h 36m Comedy Drama List
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Antonia Lynch-Gibbon (Lee Remick), wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin (Ian Holm), falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson (Richard Attenborough). While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own -- namely, a mistress called Georgie (Jennie Linden), whom his womanizing brother (Clive Revill) also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister (Claire Bloom) seems to know everyone's business. Read More Read Less

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Stefan Kanfer TIME Magazine "Ambiguous," appropriately, has definitions. It means "capable of understood in two or more senses." also means "uncertain, especially obscurity or indistinctness." A Severed Head leaps for the category and lands in the second. Feb 8, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Antonia Lynch-Gibbon (Lee Remick), wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin (Ian Holm), falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson (Richard Attenborough). While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own -- namely, a mistress called Georgie (Jennie Linden), whom his womanizing brother (Clive Revill) also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister (Claire Bloom) seems to know everyone's business.
Director
Dick Clement
Producer
Alan Ladd Jr.
Screenwriter
Iris Murdoch
Production Co
Winkast Film Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 13, 2011
Runtime
1h 36m