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{{short description|1963 film by John Krish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Wild Affair
| image = The Wild Affair 1963 poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[John Krish]]
| producer = William Kirby Richard L. Patterson
| writer = John Krish
| based_on = {{Based on|''The Last Hours of Sandra Lee'' (novel)|[[William Sansom]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Nancy Kwan]] [[Terry-Thomas]] [[Jimmy Logan]] [[Gladys Morgan]]
| music = [[Martin Slavin]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur Ibbetson]]
| editing = [[Russell Lloyd (film editor)|Russell Lloyd]] [[Norman Savage]]
| distributor = [[Bryanston Films (UK)|Bryanston Films]] [[British Lion Films]]
| released = {{Film date|1965|11|7|UK|df=y}} <ref name="Art & Hue">{{cite web|url=https://artandhue.com/kwan/|title=Nancy Kwan |work=Art & Hue |date=2021 |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''The Wild Affair''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[John Krish]] and starring [[Nancy Kwan]], [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Jimmy Logan]], [[Gladys Morgan]], and [[Betty Marsden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bad0ce9|title=''The Wild Affair'' (1965)|website=BFI}}</ref> It was adapted from the 1961 novel ''The Last Hours of Sandra Lee'' by [[William Sansom]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA407|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|first=Alan|last=Goble|date=8 September 2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|via=Google Books|isbn=978-3-11-095194-3}}</ref> Filmed in 1963,<ref>p. 223 Farmer, Richard ''Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema'' Edinburgh University Press; 1st edition February 16, 2021</ref> the film's release was delayed, finally opening in cinemas nationwide on 7 November 1965. The film went on to open in London cinemas from 28 November 1965.<ref name="Art & Hue" />

== Plot ==
Secretary Marjorie Lee (Kwan) is engaged, but wants to have a fling before her wedding. She decides to attend the office holiday party, where her boss is the one who approaches her.<ref name="retriever">{{cite book|title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever|editor-first=Jim|editor-last=Craddock|edition=2016|location=Farmington Hills, MI|publisher=Gale|date=2015|page=1607}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{castlist|
* [[Nancy Kwan]] as Marjorie Lee
* [[Terry-Thomas]] as Godfrey Deane
* [[Jimmy Logan]] as Craig
* [[Bud Flanagan]] as Sergeant Bletch
* [[Gladys Morgan]] as Mrs. Tovey
* [[Paul Whitsun-Jones]] as Tiny Hearst
* [[Betty Marsden]] as Mavis Cook
* [[Donald Churchill]] as Andy
* [[Victor Spinetti]] as Quentin
* [[Joyce Blair]] as Monica
* David Sumner as Ralph
* Diane Aubrey as Jill
* [[Bessie Love]] as Marjorie's Mother
* [[Joan Benham]] as Assistant
* [[Frank Finlay]] as Drunk
* [[Frank Thornton]] as Manager
}}

==Production==
In 1963, Nancy Kwan's long hair, famous from [[The World of Suzie Wong]], was chopped into a sharp modernist bob by [[Vidal Sassoon]] for the film ''The Wild Affair'', at the request of director John Krish. The image of her new hairstyle was published in the October editions of both [[Vogue (magazine)|American]] and [[Vogue (British magazine)|British]] ''Vogue''.<ref name="TheIrishTimes2012-05-12">{{cite news |title=Celebrity hair stylist who defined a new kind of sexy |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2012/0512/1224315982550.html |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |date=May 12, 2012 |access-date=May 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518123213/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2012/0512/1224315982550.html |archive-date=May 18, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Art & Hue" /> Vidal's new hairstyle was previously called the ''Mary Quant cut'', as it had first featured in her fashion show, but became known as the ''Nancy Kwan cut''.<ref name="Art & Hue" />

== Reception ==
The film was deemed "more silly than sexy",<ref name="retriever" /> and Nancy Kwan was deemed miscast.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/halliwellsfilmgu00hall|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/halliwellsfilmgu00hall/page/899 899]|title=Halliwell's Film Guide|last=Halliwell|first=Leslie|date=1983|isbn=0-684-17984-9}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0057685}}
* {{AllMovie title|117002}}
* [http://shebloggedbynight.com/2015/wild-affair-1963/wild-affair-2/ Still of Bessie Love and Nancy Kwan]

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