The Virgin and the Gypsy
Cast & Crew
Christopher Miles
Joanna Shimkus
Franco Nero
Honor Blackman
Mark Burns
Maurice Denham
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Synopsis
Yvette and her sister Lucille return to northern England in the early 1920s after attending finishing school in France. Their father, a village rector, runs a very restrictive household which the sisters share with their demanding grandmother, spinster Aunt Cissie, and Uncle Fred. Lucille finds a job, but Yvette becomes restless in the rectory atmosphere. The rector's wife, who ran away with a lover many years ago, is held to blame for Yvette's independent behavior. The sisters go driving one day with Leo, the son of a village businessman, and they meet a handsome gypsy who tells their fortunes. Yvette becomes infatuated with the gypsy and later visits his camp. There she meets Mrs. Fawcett, a divorcée, and Major Eastwood, who defy the scorn of the townspeople by openly living together. Her visits continue, and she finds that she can freely discuss her dawning sexual feelings with the couple. Meanwhile, to enliven her life at the rectory, Yvette has promised her father to stage a revue for the benefit of the church, but she is dismayed when he bars the unmarried couple from attendance. Later, while she is at home with her grandmother, a dam bursts and sends a flood sweeping through the rectory. The grandmother is killed, but the gypsy arrives in time to rescue Yvette, and he carries her upstairs where they make love. The next morning the waters have receded and the gypsy has gone, but Yvette has freed herself of her inhibitions and leaves the village with Mrs. Fawcett and Major Eastwood.
Director
Christopher Miles
Cast
Joanna Shimkus
Franco Nero
Honor Blackman
Mark Burns
Maurice Denham
Fay Compton
Kay Walsh
Harriet Harper
Norman Bird
Imogen Hassall
Jeremy Bulloch
Roy Holder
Margo Andrew
Janet Chappell
Helen Booth
Laurie Dale
Lulu Davies
Crew
David Brockhurst
John Brommage
Alan Brownie
Ronald Cass
Deirdre Clancy
Bob Cox
Paul Davies
Dimitri De Grunwald
Alex Glasgow
Patrick Gowers
Kenneth Harper
Bob Huke
Nick Hutchings
Michael Johns
Terence Knight
Geraldine Lawton
Helen Lennox
Peter Myers
Alan Plater
John Ralph
Maude Spector
Hugh Strain
Derek Whitehurst
John D. Wilcox
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Opened in London in June 1970.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1970
Released in United States 1970
The United Kingdom
