Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
The story
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
- london
- england
- sex scandal
- based on true story
- scandal
- cabaret dancer
- member of parliament
- 1960s
- profumo
- british government
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
John Hurt
Stephen Ward
Joanne Whalley
Christine Keeler
Bridget Fonda
Mandy Rice-Davies
Ian McKellen
John Profumo
- Leslie Phillips — Lord Astor
- Britt Ekland — Mariella Novotny
- Daniel Massey — Mervyn Griffith-Jones
- Roland Gift — Johnnie Edgecombe
- Alex Norton — Detective Inspector
- Ronald Fraser — Justice Marshall
- Paul Brooke — Detective Sergeant
- Jeroen Krabbé — Eugene Ivanov
- Keith Allen — Kevin
- Ralph Brown — Paul Mann
- Ken Campbell — Editor of Pictorial
- Directed
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Written
- Michael Thomas
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 104 ratings
- Studio
- British Screen Productions, Palace Pictures, Miramax, British Satellite Broadcasting
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