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Director: Guy Green
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From Time Out Film Guide
A starry cast and flashily glossy location photography can't disguise the fact that this version of John Fowles' novel (from a screenplay by the author himself) is a muddled disaster. The rather silly, semi-mystical tale of humans on a Greek island being manipulated by Quinn's mysterious Doctor Conchis may have worked well enough in print, but on film (and only about half of the book is actually used) it seems pretentious, insubstantial, and sometimes barely comprehensible.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Guy Green
Producer: John Kohn, Jud Kinberg
Cast: Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina, Paul Stassino, Julian Glover, Takis Emmanuel, Corin Redgrave, Roger Lloyd Pack full cast
Duration: 116 mins
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