Accident
Stephen, a professor at Oxford University, finds himself mired in a stagnant routine, suffocated by both his academic career and a faltering marriage. His student William is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen is drawn to the younger woman. A devastating car crash binds the three together, while interwoven flashbacks reveal the lives of each character and illuminate how they are connected in this moody, quintessentially English drama.
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Joseph Losey
Richard F. Dalton
Pamela Davies
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Dirk Bogarde is a philosophy professor at Oxford University - happily married with two children; and another on the way. He has a favourite student - Michael York who is keen on a newcomer; the glamorous Austrian Jacqueline Sassard. They have a Sunday lunch with an additional guest in Stanley Baker - a fellow professor who is struggling with his own marriage; as well as his - envy evoking - television career. It's a sort of intellectual menage-à-trois - Bogarde fancies his Austrian student but she has eyes on both York and Baker... Even the consumption of excesses of booze at the lunch/dinner/supper doesn't inject much into this. It lacks any degree of edginess or depth - but merely provides us with a spotlight on the bored, affected, educational middle-classes that doesn't really shine anything beyond highlighting the shallowness of the characters created by Nicholas Mosley - and not really enhanced much by Harold Pinter.. The performances, especially from Baker, are good but there just isn't enough substance to generate a spark!
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The directors of Accident are Joseph Losey, Richard F. Dalton, and Pamela Davies.
The cast of Accident includes Terence Rigby as Plain Clothed Policeman, Freddie Jones as Man in Bell's Office, Alexander Knox as Provost, Delphine Seyrig as Francesca, Maxwell Caulfield as Ted, Vivien Merchant as Rosalind, Michael York as William, Dirk Bogarde as Stephen, Ann Firbank as Laura, Stanley Baker as Charley, Brian Phelan as Police Sergeant, Jill Johnson as Secretary, and more.
The duration of Accident is 1h 45 mins.
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Accident was released on 09 Feb 1967.
Accident is listed under Romance and Drama on Fanbiz.
Accident has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Dirk Bogarde is a philosophy professor at Oxford University - happily married with two children; and another on the way. He has a favourite student - Michael York who is keen on..."
