Personal Affair

Personal Affair (1953)

It was too late to run!

A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.

Date of release
1953-10-20
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Anthony Pelissier

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

Personal Affair is a 1953 British drama film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring Gene Tierney, Leo Genn and Glynis Johns. The screenplay by Lesley Storm was based on her 1951 play "The Day's Mischief."

Production

The play was a flop but Anthony Dartmough thought it would make an ideal film and bought the rights. The film was made at Pinewood Studios by Two Cities Films in March 1953. Gene Tierney and Leo Genn had previously made Plymouth Adventure together.

Tierney made the film in part to spend 18 months out of the US, which would enable her to pay less tax in the US, and assist in her romance with Aly Khan. During the making of the movie she found it difficult to remember her lines for the first time in her career, a result of her increasing mental illness. Tierney said she got through the shoot with the assistance of her maid who would help her learn her lines.

It was a rare female focused film from the Rank Organisation.

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