The Go-Between
DirectorJoseph Losey
“In those days, you fell in love with your own class. Or found a Go-Between.”
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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Trailer
The Go-Between (1971) Original Trailer [HD]
Cast
Julie Christie
Lady Marian Trimingham
Alan Bates
Ted Burgess
Edward Fox
Hugh Trimingham
Michael Redgrave
The Older Leo Colston
Dominic Guard
The Young Leo Colston
Margaret Leighton
Mrs Maudsley
Michael Gough
Mr Maudsley
Richard Gibson
Marcus Maudsley
Simon Hume-Kendall
Denys
Roger Lloyd Pack
Charles
Amaryllis Garnett
Kate
Keith Buckley
Stubbs
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