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The Go-Between

Drama · Romance

The Go-Between

In those days, you fell in love with your own class. Or found a Go-Between.

6.8(163) 6/16/1971 1h 56m
DramaRomance

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

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Top Cast

Julie Christie

Julie Christie

Lady Marian Trimingham

Alan Bates

Alan Bates

Ted Burgess

Edward Fox

Edward Fox

Hugh Trimingham

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

The Older Leo Colston

Dominic Guard

Dominic Guard

The Young Leo Colston

Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton

Mrs Maudsley

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Mr Maudsley

Richard Gibson

Richard Gibson

Marcus Maudsley

Directed by

Joseph Losey

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/10

5/29/2023

Sadly, time has not been very kind to the potency of this film. In 2020s society, the overwhelming feeling of "so what?" is hard to shake off; despite some really strong performances. Dominic Guard is "Leo", just 13 when he is invited to summer at the Norfolk country home of one of his classmates. He quickly befriends his older sister "Marian" (Julie Christie) and is soon acting - innocently, at first - as her courier passing ostensibly harmless letters between herself, her fiancée "Hugh" (Edward Fox) and a swarthy tenant farmer "Ted" (Alan Bates). Guard is great as the young man who starts to put two and two together as he slowly gets caught up in this menage-à-trois whilst trying to accommodate his own sexual awakening. His own naive inquisitiveness gives his character an engaging and fr

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