A Severed Head

Jan 21, 1971

1h 38m

★ 5.2

A Severed Head is not a horror story ... It's something else!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Winkast Film Productions

Columbia Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Antonia Lynch-Gibbon

Lee Remick

Palmer Anderson

Richard Attenborough

Martin Lynch-Gibbon

Ian Holm

Honor Klein

Claire Bloom

Georgie Hands

Jennie Linden

Alexander Lynch-Gibbon

Clive Revill

Rosemary Lynch-Gibbon

Ann Firbank

Miss Seelhaft

Rosamund Greenwood

Miss Hernshaw

Constance Lorne

Winking Patient

Robert Gillespie

Receptionist

Katherine Parr

Nurse

Nerys Hughes

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