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Quest for Love (1971)

Director: Ralph Thomas

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From Time Out Film Guide

An adaptation of a story by John Wyndham, but as directed by Ralph Thomas and 'acted' by Joan Collins, it emerges as a puerile sci-fi romance in which a scientist (Bell) is transported into a parallel world. The year is the same, but in his new world, Vietnam hasn't happened, nor the conquest of Everest, nor the surgery of heart transplants. Making little of this premise, the film plunges forthwith into a moony romance where his lady of the camellias (Collins) dies of a heart condition, and he races off in search of her counterpart in the other world to save her from a similar fate.

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Cast & crew

Director: Ralph Thomas

Producer: Peter Eton

Cast: Joan Collins, Tom Bell, Denholm Elliott, Laurence Naismith, Lyn Ashley, Neil McCallum, Ray McAnally full cast

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Duration: 91 mins


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