The Rough and the Smooth (1959)

Directed by

Robert Siodmak

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British archaeologist gets involved with a German woman. His affair threatens his engagement to someone else.

melancholictenseromanticdarkly dramaticbroodingemotionalrestrained

What happens

The Rough and the Smooth (U.S. title: Portrait of a Sinner) is a 1959 British drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton, William Bendix, and Natasha Parry. It was written by Robin Maugham, Audrey Erskine Lindop, and Dudley Leslie, based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Maugham. It was distributed in Germany by Gloria Film. In 1961 it was given an American release by American International Pictures. The screenplay concerns an archaeologist who has an affair with a German woman, putting his engagement to another woman in jeopardy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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