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The Astonished Heart is a British film of genre Drama directed by Terence Fisher with Celia Johnson
The Astonished Heart (1950)
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Add to a movie listThe Astonished Heart is a 1950 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, and Margaret Leighton, and is based on Coward's play The Astonished Heart from his cycle of ten plays, Tonight at 8:30.
Inspired by the great success of the 1945 film Brief Encounter, which also had been adapted from Tonight at 8:30, Coward agreed to have The Astonished Heart produced as a motion picture. As with the previous film, Coward also wrote the screenplay. Production began in 1949 and featured not only Noël Coward in one of his rare film appearances, but also actor-singer Graham Payn in a supporting role. The Astonished Heart was released in 1950 to indifferent reviews and was a commercial failure.
Synopsis
The film follows the growing obsession of a psychiatrist (Coward) for a good-time girl (Leighton) and the resulting tragedy this leads to.Actors
Celia Johnson
(Barbara Faber)
Noël Coward
(Dr. Christian Faber)
Margaret Leighton
(Leonora Vail)
Joyce Carey
(Susan Birch)
Amy Veness
(Alice Smith)
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