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The Walking Stick

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Hindered by polio, Deborah Dainton (Samantha Eggar) is a beautiful English woman who falls for the charms of painter Leigh Hartley (David Hemmings). While the couple's romance gets off to a wonderful start, Deborah eventually discovers that Leigh is scheming to rob the auction house where she works, and only began a relationship with her to gain access to information that's essential to pull off the crime. A heartbroken Deborah is quickly forced into dealing with this horrible deception.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times That's the problem at the moral heart of the movie: did he or didn't he? Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 3, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member “Is that how fragile love is? All at once everything? All at once nothing?” - David Hemmings David Hemmings and Samantha Eggers are perfectly cast and convincing in their roles. The direction by Eric Till is fine as well. The majority of the film is bland and forgettable but there are a few really deep moments that elevate the thing from pure mediocrity to moderate mediocrity. The opening sequence, in which Eggers gets on a train as the opening credits role, is one such deep moment. Director Till allows for the actress to breathe and fill out her character in this moment and in other memerable moments (including the ending in which Till sets several tight closeup shots of his two lead performers for the intimate power of their work) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Eric Till

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David Hemmings

Leigh Hartley

Samantha Eggar

Deborah Dainton

Emlyn Williams

Jack Foil
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Synopsis Hindered by polio, Deborah Dainton (Samantha Eggar) is a beautiful English woman who falls for the charms of painter Leigh Hartley (David Hemmings). While the couple's romance gets off to a wonderful start, Deborah eventually discovers that Leigh is scheming to rob the auction house where she works, and only began a relationship with her to gain access to information that's essential to pull off the crime. A heartbroken Deborah is quickly forced into dealing with this horrible deception.
Director
Eric Till
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Winkast Film Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 15, 1970, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2016
Runtime
1h 41m
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