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1972 British comedy-drama film by Carol Reed From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Follow Me! (U.S.title: The Public Eye) is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston.[1] Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1962 play The Public Eye, the picture marks Carol Reed's last completed film. The score was composed by John Barry and the film was edited by Anne V. Coates.
Follow Me! | |
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Directed by | Carol Reed |
Screenplay by | Peter Shaffer |
Based on | The Public Eye by Peter Shaffer |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
Edited by | Anne V. Coates |
Music by | John Barry |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Hal Wallis Productions |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Set in London, it is the story of Charles, a successful but rather stuffy businessman, who meets and marries Belinda, a free-spirited American woman. After a time, he believes she is having an affair because she spends long hours away from home during the day. Charles hires a private detective to follow his wife. Belinda becomes aware that she is being followed, and the detective realises she has found out. However rather than abandoning the case, the detective begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with the complicity of the wife. The detective finally informs Charles that his wife never had an affair, and merely goes on solitary exploratory walks around the city. The husband realises he has been neglectful and made his wife unhappy. He joins the game of following his wife as an adventure.
Mia Farrow won the best actress award and Topol won the best actor award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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