A Matter of Innocence (1968)
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Polly (Hayley Mills) is a shy young girl on a world tour with her impossible aunt (Brenda de Banzie). In Singapore, the ladies are entertained by their Eurasian guide (Shashi Kapoor). Polly begins an affair with the seductive guide, and upon the death of her aunt she finally comes out of her shell to blossom into full womanhood. Noel Coward had received some of the worst reviews in his life when he published the uncharacteristically bitter Pretty Polly and Other Stories; the film version of Pretty Polly substitutes sentiment for cynicism, but isn't much of an improvement over the Coward original. The film is better known under its American title A Matter of Innocence. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hayley Mills, Trevor Howard, (more)
- Director(s):
- Guy Green
Synopsis of A Matter of Innocence
Polly (Hayley Mills) is a shy young girl on a world tour with her impossible aunt (Brenda de Banzie). In Singapore, the ladies are entertained by their Eurasian guide (Shashi Kapoor). Polly begins an affair with the seductive guide, and upon the death of her aunt she finally comes out of her shell to blossom into full womanhood. Noel Coward had received some of the worst reviews in his life when he published the uncharacteristically bitter Pretty Polly and Other Stories; the film version of Pretty Polly substitutes sentiment for cynicism, but isn't much of an improvement over the Coward original. The film is better known under its American title A Matter of Innocence. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Matter of Innocence
- Hayley Mills - Polly Barlow
- Shashi Kapoor - Amaz
- Dick Patterson - Rick Preston
- Peter Bayliss - Critch
- Dorothy Alison - Mrs. Barlow
- Fred Bryant
- Edward Johnson - Gunther
- Kalen Liu - Lorelei
- Trevor Howard - Robert Hook
- Brenda de Banzie - Mrs. Innes-Hook
- Kalen Lui - Lorelei
- Patricia Routledge - Miss Gudgeon
- Anthony Chin - Japanese Proprietor
- Eric Young - Lim Kee
- Peter Martin
- Director(s):
- Guy Green
- Writer(s):
- Keith Waterhouse, Noël Coward, Willis Hall
- Producer(s):
- George W. George
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