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Accident

Accident

The story of a love triangle... and the four people trapped in it!

19676.31h 45m

Overview

Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.

Directed by Joseph Losey
Written by Harold Pinter, Nicholas Mosley
Produced by Norman Priggen, Joseph Losey
Box OfficeBudget: $600K0

Top Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Stephen

Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker

Charley

Jacqueline Sassard

Jacqueline Sassard

Anna

Michael York

Michael York

William

Vivien Merchant

Vivien Merchant

Rosalind

Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

Francesca

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Provost

Ann Firbank

Ann Firbank

Laura

Brian Phelan

Brian Phelan

Police Sergeant

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Plain Clothed Policeman

Themes & Keywords

infidelitybased on novel or bookobsessionprofessorseductionoxfordflashbackcar accidentaristocrattorment

About Accident

Accident is a romance, drama film released in 1967 exploring themes of infidelity, based on novel or book, obsession, professor, seduction, oxford. Directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard. Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.

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