Movie: Private Lives

Top 5 Billed Cast

Alec McCowen
Alec McCowen

Elyot Chase

Penelope Keith
Penelope Keith

Amanda Prynne

Polly Adams
Polly Adams

Sibyl Chase

Donald Pickering
Donald Pickering

Victor Prynne

Françoise Pascal
Françoise Pascal

Louise

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    Divorced couple Amanda and Elyot have both recently remarried. On their honeymoons, however, they discover that they have accidentally booked adjoining suites at the same hotel. Containing some of Coward's best dialogue, the play revolves around the agonising realisation that despite their ferocious incompatibility, they are still drawn to each other.

  • Release Date

    1976-12-28

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    6.5

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    3.3 starts
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