No Love for Johnnie
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ralph Thomas
Peter Finch
Stanley Holloway
Mary Peach
Donald Pleasence
Billie Whitelaw
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Reelected to the House of Commons, Labour Party member Johnnie Byrne suffers two simultaneous setbacks: he fails to receive a Cabinet post, and his wife, Alice, a militant Communist, leaves him. The professional failure especially disturbs Johnnie and he is easily persuaded to join a left-wing splinter group bent on harassing the prime minister. One evening Johnnie's upstairs neighbor, Mary, who is in love with him, takes him to a party where he meets model Pauline West. After a few dates with Pauline, Johnnie is so desperately in love with her that he fails to appear in Parliament on the day he is scheduled to ask a crucial question to discredit the government. Pauline, however, decides that marrying a man twice her age is too great a risk, and she leaves London. In addition, Johnnie is summoned to a meeting of his constituents who bitterly attack him for his neglect. Failing to win back Pauline, Johnnie receives a surprise visit from his wife, who suggests they try again to achieve a successful marriage. Johnnie is inclined to accept her offer, but when the prime minister offers him a Cabinet post with the stipulation that he remain apart from his Communist wife, Johnnie decides against the reconciliation. Alone and without love or friends, he occupies one of the front seats reserved for Cabinet members.
Director
Ralph Thomas
Cast
Peter Finch
Stanley Holloway
Mary Peach
Donald Pleasence
Billie Whitelaw
Hugh Burden
Rosalie Crutchley
Michael Goodliffe
Mervyn Johns
Geoffrey Keen
Paul Rogers
Dennis Price
Peter Barkworth
Fenella Fielding
Gladys Henson
Crew
Malcolm Arnold
Pat Baden
Jim Baker
James Bawden
Paul Bijou
Harry Black
Betty E. Box
Ron Butcher
Yvonne Caffin
Maurice Carter
Biddy Chrystal
Bill Creed
J. W. N. Daniel
Bert Davey
Lorely Farley
Ben Foster
Gladys Goldsmith
Reg Hall
Stanley Hosgood
Ian Jeayes
Bert Jempson
Gordon K. Mccallum
Dudley Messenger
John Morgan
Charles Orme
William Partleton
Nicholas Phipps
Mordecai Richler
Alfred Roome
Don Sharpe
Earl St. John
Ernest Steward
Arthur Taksen
Donald Toms
Anthony Waye
Film Details
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Notes
Opened in London in February 1961.
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Best Actor Prize (Finch) at the 1961 Berlin Film Festival.
Released in United States 1961
Shown at the 1961 Berlin Film Festival
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States 1961 (Shown at the 1961 Berlin Film Festival)
