A Touch of Love (1969 film)

StarringCinematographyPeter SuschitzkyEdited byBill BlundenMusic byMichael DressDistributed byBritish Lion Films107 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget£304,512^[1]

A Touch of Love, also released under the title Thank You All Very Much, is a 1969 British drama film directed by Waris Hussein and adapted by Margaret Drabble from her novel The Millstone (1965).^[2] The film stars Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Michael Coles, John Standing and Eleanor Bron. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

Rosamund Stacey, a young bookish girl in London society, spends her days studying for a doctorate in the British Museum and her nights avoiding the sexual attention of the men in her life. One day, all that changes; through a friend, she is introduced to rising TV newsreader/announcer George Matthews. After a further chance meeting and a tumble on the sofa, she finds herself pregnant from her first sexual encounter. After a failed attempt at self-induced abortion, Rosamund resolves to have the child, leaving her on a solitary and at times discouraging path through pregnancy and into single motherhood, aided only by her close friend Lydia.

Cast

• Sandy Dennis as Rosamund
• Ian McKellen as George
• Michael Coles as Joe
• John Standing as Roger
• Peggy Thorpe-Bates as Mrs. Stacey
• Kenneth Benda as Mr. Stacey
• Deborah Stanford as Beatrice
• Roger Hammond as Mike
• Eleanor Bron as Lydia
• Margaret Tyzack as Sister Bennett
• Maurice Denham as Doctor Prothero
• Rachel Kempson as Sister Harvey

Release

Box office

Milton Subotsky said the film was not a box office success, but since the filmmakers sold it to the distributors for more than its cost, they made a profit. Rosenberg later said it was in his opinion the best film that Amicus produced.^[4]

References

External links

• A Touch of Love at IMDb
• A Touch of Love at AllMovie
• A Touch of Love at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}