The Killing Of Sister George DVD

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The Killing of Sister George is a 1968 American black drama film directed by Robert Aldrich and filmed at his Aldrich Studios in Los Angeles. It is based on the 1964 play by British playwright Frank Marcus. In the film, an aging lesbian television actress, June "George" Buckridge (Beryl Reid, reprising her role from the stage play), simultaneously faces the loss of her popular television role and the breakdown of her long-term relationship with a younger woman (Susannah York). Although Marcus's play was a black comedy, the film version was marketed as a "shocking drama"; it added explicit lesbian content that was not in the original play, and was presented as a serious treatment of lesbianism.

June is an actress who portrays the popular Sister George in a British soap opera. The actress spends her time drinking and engaging in lesbian sex with her much younger lover Alice. A television executive decides she likes Alice and wants to write Sister George off the show. June watches as her behavior and insecurity drives Alice away.

Cast

• Beryl Reid as June "George" Buckridge

• Susannah York as Alice "Childie" McNaught

• Coral Browne as Mercy Croft

• Ronald Fraser as Leo Lockhart

• Patricia Medina as Betty Thaxter

• Byron Webster as Jack Adams

• Cyril Delevanti as Ted Baker

• Brendan Dillon as Bert Turner

• Hugh Paddick as Freddie

• Sivi Aberg as Diana

• Rosalie Williams as Mildred

• Elaine Church as Marlene

• Mike Freeman as Noel

• Meier Tzelniker as Mr. Emmanuel Katz

• Cicely Walper as Mrs. Margaret Coote

• William Beckley as Floor Manager

• Maggie Paige as Maid

• Jack Raine as Deputy Commissioner

• Dolly Taylor as Tea Lady

• Sam Kydd as Cab Driver