MGM
Directed by Karel Reisz
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Albert Finney is a young charmer who talks his way into a job at the country estate where his pregnant girlfriend works as a maid. He gains the confidence of the elderly owner by pretending to be her son. Next, he seduces the reluctant daughter, Susan Hampshire, and they try to hide their relationship from the others. Meanwhile, the police are dragging a nearby lake for the girl Finney violently murdered and dismembered in the opening scene! He exhibits increasingly paranoid behavior and gradually succumbs to his insanity. Hampshire realizes what is going on, but instead of running to the police tries to help him, perhaps at her own peril. Outstanding performance by Finney in a difficult role proves that Tom Jones was no fluke.
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