Darling

Aug 3, 1965

2h 2m

★ 6.7

When she was good she was very, very good… and when she was bad she was DARLING!

Overview

The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored woman, who toys with the affections of several men while gaining fame and fortune.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Vic Films Productions

Joseph Janni Production

Darling Trailers

Cast

Diana Scott

Julie Christie

Robert Gold

Dirk Bogarde

Miles Brand

Laurence Harvey

Prince Cesare della Romita

José Luis de Vilallonga

Malcolm

Roland Curram

Alec Prosser-Jones

Basil Henson

Gino

Dante Posani

Signor Palucci

Umberto Raho

Sean Martin

Alex Scott

Basil Willett

Brian Wilde

Lord Alex Grant

Peter Bayliss

Tony Bridges (as Trevor Bowen)

T.R. Bowen

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