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The Wild Affair
The Wild Affair 1963 poster.webp
Theatrical poster
Directed byJohn Krish
Written byJohn Krish
Based onThe Last Hours of Sandra Lee (novel)
by William Sansom
Produced byWilliam Kirby
Richard L. Patterson
StarringNancy Kwan
Terry-Thomas
Jimmy Logan
Gladys Morgan
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Norman Savage
Music byMartin Slavin
Distributed byBryanston Films
British Lion Films
Release date
  • 7 November 1965 (1965-11-07) (UK)
[1]
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[2] It was adapted from the 1961 novel The Last Hours of Sandra Lee by William Sansom.[3] Filmed in 1963,[4] 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.[1]

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.[5]

Cast

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 American and British Vogue.[6][1] 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.[1]

Reception

The film was deemed "more silly than sexy",[5] and Nancy Kwan was deemed miscast.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nancy Kwan". Art & Hue. 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ "The Wild Affair (1965)". BFI.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ p. 223 Farmer, Richard Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema Edinburgh University Press; 1st edition February 16, 2021
  5. ^ a b Craddock, Jim, ed. (2015). VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (2016 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. p. 1607.
  6. ^ "Celebrity hair stylist who defined a new kind of sexy". The Irish Times. Dublin. May 12, 2012. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  7. ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1983). Halliwell's Film Guide. p. 899. ISBN 0-684-17984-9.

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