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The Great Stars: The Sandpiper

on BBC One London

[Starring] Richard Burton
the second of three films featuring one of today's greatest stars with Elizabeth Taylor Eva Marie Saint

Dr Edward Hewitt is the respected principal of a small private school. But his passionate affair with the beautiful and unconventional Laura Reynolds threatens to destroy his career - and his marriage.
The wild and colourful beauty of the Big Sur region of California forms a dramatic background to this unashamedly romantic drama - one of several films the Burtons made together during the 60s, which features one of the movies' most haunting theme songs.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay:
Michael Wilson
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Producer:
Martin Ransohoff
Laura Reynolds:
Elizabeth Taylor
Dr Edward Hewitt:
Richard Burton
Claire Hewitt:
Eva Marie Saint
Cos Erickson:
Charles Bronson
Ward Hendricks:
Robert Webber
Larry Brant:
James Edwards
Judge Thompson:
Torin Thatcher
Walter Robinson:
Tom Drake
Phil Sutcliff:
Doug Henderson
Danny Reynolds:
Morgan Mason

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