The Passionate Friends

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband.

Cast

Ann Todd

as Mary Justin

Claude Rains

as Howard Justin

Trevor Howard

as Prof. Steven Stratton

Betty Ann Davies

as Joan Layton

Isabel Dean

as Pat Stratton

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Lawyer

Arthur Howard

as Smith - the Butler

Guido Lorraine

as Hotel Manager

Marcel Poncin

as Hall Porter

Natasha Sokolova

as Chambermaid

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Ann Todd puts in quite a strong performance in this quite sensitively presented drama as "Mary", a lady contentedly if not ecstatically married to financier "Howard" (Claude Rains). One afternoon she bumps into "Prof. Stratton" (Trevor Howard) and that rekindles memories of a pre-war romance. When h...

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