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Love is a Splendid Illusion (Original title)
Date: 1970 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Tom Clegg

Synopsis: A young London couple who have trouble remaining faithful to each other visit Italy where he sleeps with a German prostitute and the French wife of a British tourist. She finds that her lover from back home is also in town and he turns out to be a potential business contact for her boyfriend who uses her to get in contact with him.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: January 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Richard Schulman Entertainments

Credits (13)
Production Company: Piccadilly Pictures, Producer: Bachoo Sen, Production Manager: George Mills, Assistant Director: Ken Softley, [Assistant Director]: Chris Courtney, Screenplay: David Baker, Screenplay: Bachoo Sen, Director of Photography: Jack Atcheler, Editor: Glenn Hyde, Art Director: Hayden Pearce, Music: Wilfred Burns, Sound Editor: David Gilbert
Cast (21)
Simon Brent (Christian Dubarry), Andrée Flamand (Michele Howard), Lisa Collings (Amanda Dubarry), Peter Hughes (Maurice Howard), Mark Kingston (Bernard Collins), Fiona Curzon (Liz), Maxine Casson (Debbie), Anna Matisse (Sophie), Carl Ferber (Jason), Nancy Nevinson (Amanda's Mother), Gay Soper (Blonde Girl in Bed), Margo Mayne (Mrs. Allen), Howard Bell (Bailiff), Chris Clark (Architect), Bill Futter (Man in Dark Glasses), Eunice Black (1st Catty Woman), Anne Clune (2nd Catty Woman), Sue Leighton, David Fennell, John Cooper, Liz Romanoff ([])