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      Personal Affair

      1953 1h 22m Mystery & Thriller Crime Drama List
      Reviews 46% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Barbara (Glynis Johns) is a teenager with a crush on her teacher, Stephen Barlow (Leo Genn), who tries to discourage Barbara's fantasy. After Stephen's wife, Kay (Gene Tierney), scolds Barbara for her feelings, Stephen goes after the girl to console her. When Barbara disappears, Stephen is suspected. As the town seethes with gossip and Barlow's reputation is forever damaged, Barbara's father, Henry (Walter Fitzgerald), tries to decipher whether Stephen is hiding the truth or not. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Tedious and preposterous melodrama. Rated: C+ Jul 31, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D Why waste Gene Tierney on this? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review Audience Member Taunt tight suspenseful drama, I don't want to to say to much about the plot. Gene Tierney is very good in this very talkie film. Tierney is expressive and restrained and gives a great performance. Despite a few flaws in the script the film held my attention. Leo Genn was also very good as the besieged teacher, nice to see him in as a leading man. Glynis Johns seems a little too mature for the part of a teenage girl, overlooking that a nice performance. Pamela Brown is wonderful as the bitter Aunt. The direction seemed very controlled. Overall an interesting film about gossip and the damage it can do to peoples lives. The performances from the two stars to supporting cast make this Film, Tierney and Genn stands out. The strong production value of the film is grade A. Beautifully filmed in England. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Terribly patchy film is of interest more for it's cast than any of the overheated melodramatics that it contains. It's feels very surface and rushed, things are thrown at the audience without ample explanation and are stated rather than felt. Gene Tierney's character in particular is quite vaguely drawn, why is she so insecure when she and Leo Genn seem to have a happy marriage? She is however the right actress for the part since her serene beauty almost always had that underlying hysterical edge to it. Glynis Johns although prominently billed really only has two scenes. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Taunt tight suspenseful drama, I don't want to to say to much about the plot. Gene Tierney is very good in this very talkie film. Tierney is expressive and restrained and gives a great performance. Despite a few flaws in the script the film held my attention. Leo Genn was also very good as the besieged teacher, nice to see him in as a leading man. Glynis Johns seems a little too mature for the part of a teenage girl, overlooking that a nice performance. Pamela Brown is wonderful as the bitter Aunt. The direction seemed very controlled. Overall an interesting film about gossip and the damage it can do to peoples lives. The performances from the two stars to supporting cast make this Film, Tierney and Genn stands out. The strong production value of the film is grade A. Beautifully filmed in England. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Barbara (Glynis Johns) is a teenager with a crush on her teacher, Stephen Barlow (Leo Genn), who tries to discourage Barbara's fantasy. After Stephen's wife, Kay (Gene Tierney), scolds Barbara for her feelings, Stephen goes after the girl to console her. When Barbara disappears, Stephen is suspected. As the town seethes with gossip and Barlow's reputation is forever damaged, Barbara's father, Henry (Walter Fitzgerald), tries to decipher whether Stephen is hiding the truth or not.
      Director
      Anthony Pelissier
      Producer
      Earl St. John
      Screenwriter
      Lesley Storm
      Production Co
      Two Cities Films
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Runtime
      1h 22m