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Saturday Cinema: 2 The Man who Loved Redheads

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Moira Shearer , John Justin
In this lighthearted romantic comedy by Rattigan, set firmly in upper-class London, Mark St Neots, a young peer, vows eternal love to Sylvia, a 16-year-old redhead. Although they never meet again, Mark is forever attracted to redheads with a similar face. Dancer Moira Shearer plays the enchanting Sylvia in a variety of guises and very different characters.
Screenplay by TERENCE RATTIGAN from his play Who is Sylviaf Produced by JOSEF SOMLO
Directed by HAROLD FRENCH . Films: page 17 (First showing on British television)
(Rattigan's Cause Célèbre tonight R4, 8.0)

Contributors

Unknown:
Moira Shearer
Unknown:
John Justin
Unknown:
Moira Shearer
Unknown:
Terence Rattigan
Produced By:
Josef Somlo
Directed By:
Harold French
SYLVIA/DAPHNE/OLGA/COLETTE:
Moira Shearer
Mark St Neots:
John Justin
Oscar:
Roland Culver
Caroline:
Gladys Cooper
Dennis:
Denholm Elliott
Williams:
Harry Andrews
Bubbles:
Patricia Cutts
Ethel:
Moyra Fraser
Sergei:
John Hart
Young Mark:
Jeremy Spenser
Sydney:
Melvyn Hayes
Source: Radio Times

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