A Severed Head

A Severed Head

98 mins | Comedy | Jan. 21, 1971

Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own — namely, a mistress called Georgie, whom his womanizing brother also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister Honor seems to know everyone's business.

A Severed Head

98 mins | Comedy | Jan. 21, 1971

A Severed Head
Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own — namely, a mistress called Georgie, whom his womanizing brother also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister Honor seems to know everyone's business.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Winkast Film Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Original title A Severed Head
Directors Ene Watts, Peter Bolton, Dick Clement
Writers Iris Murdoch, J. B. Priestley, Frederic Raphael

Cast

Lee Remick

as Antonia Lynch-Gibbon

Richard Attenborough

as Palmer Anderson

Ian Holm

as Martin Lynch-Gibbon

Claire Bloom

as Honor Klein

Jennie Linden

as Georgie Hands

Clive Revill

as Alexander Lynch-Gibbon

Ann Firbank

as Rosemary Lynch-Gibbon

Rosamund Greenwood

as Miss Seelhaft

Constance Lorne

as Miss Hernshaw

Robert Gillespie

as Winking Patient

Katherine Parr

as Receptionist

Nerys Hughes

as Nurse

Anne Jameson

as Woman at Party

Yvette Rees

as Woman at Party