No Love for Johnnie

★★★★★

“It Scorches With All the Intensity of Truth”

1961 · 1 h 50 min

Directed by Ralph Thomas

Drama

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Cast

Peter Finch Stanley Holloway Mary Peach Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw Hugh Burden

Credits

Written by: Nicholas Phipps

Plot

A Labour MP, Johnnie Byrne, faces political and personal disillusionment as his career stalls and his marriage fails, and he chooses an ambitious young woman, in a cynical political drama.

Sinekatalog’s take

A cynical and sharp British political drama with Peter Finch.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (672 votes)
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