La Femme en robe de chambre

Original title: Woman in a Dressing Gown

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A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.

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A middle-aged married woman is shocked to discover that her husband, whom she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and plans to leave h... Read allA middle-aged married woman is shocked to discover that her husband, whom she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and plans to leave his family for her.A middle-aged married woman is shocked to discover that her husband, whom she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and plans to leave his family for her.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

972

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
Hilda's baby was played by Cordelia Mitchell, Yvonne Mitchell's real-life daughter who was born in 1956.

Goofs
Opening shot, housing estate: shadow of camera standing on the roof (and operator?), visible on the ground. Panning down, also a shadow on the roof close by.

Quotes
Hilda Harper: Men are all the same - when they want you, they can't do enough, but when they've got you it's like the never-never - they think they've paid after the first installment.

Connections
Referenced in Empire of the Censors (1995)

Soundtracks
Liberation March
(uncredited)
Music by Victor Bartlett

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Featured review

8/10

"They say the first fifty years are the worst!"

You rapidly lose patience with Anthony Quayle for being such a weak fish that he completely fails to realise there's far more to a wife than just keeping the place tidy.

Yvonne Mitchell is an absolute delight in the tousle-haired title role. With her raucous laugh she tears about the set so fast the only way the director could possibly keep up with her is by constantly switching the camera's position into yet another of the notorious 'J. Lee Thompson' shots he's so often derided for.

A radiant young Sylvia Syms likewise is her usual charming self, and at least goes some way for the audience to sympathise with Quayle's plight.