The Go-Between

The Go-Between

In those days, you fell in love with your own class. Or found a Go-Between.

1971•1h 56m•6.8/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(153)

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

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Production

EMI Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Julie Christie

Julie Christie

Lady Marian Trimingham

Alan Bates

Alan Bates

Ted Burgess

Edward Fox

Edward Fox

Hugh Trimingham

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

The Older Leo Colston

Dominic Guard

Dominic Guard

The Young Leo Colston

Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton

Mrs Maudsley

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Mr Maudsley

Richard Gibson

Richard Gibson

Marcus Maudsley

Simon Hume-Kendall

Denys

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack

Charles

Amaryllis Garnett

Kate

Keith Buckley

Keith Buckley

Stubbs

John Rees

Blunt

Gordon Richardson

Rector

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

Joshua Losey

Boy in Village (uncredited)

Arnold Schulkes

Servant (uncredited)

Carl Dane

Coachman (uncredited)

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