Justine (1969 film)

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director = George Cukor
Joseph Strick
producer = Pandro S. Berman
writer = Lawrence B. Marcus
Andrew Sarris
Lawrence Durrell (novel)
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starring = Anouk Aimée
Dirk Bogarde
Robert Forster
Anna Karina
music = Jerry Goldsmith
cinematography = Leon Shamroy
editing = Rita Roland
distributor = Twentieth Century Fox
released = 6 August 1969
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imdb_id = 0064526

"Justine" (1969) is a drama film directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. It was written by Lawrence B. Marcus and Andrew Sarris, based on the 1957 novel "Justine" by Lawrence Durrell.

Plot

Set in Alexandria in 1938, a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden, a British consular officer. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine, the wife of an Egyptian banker. Darley befriends her, and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British, the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine. The plot fails, Justine is sent to jail, and Darley returns to England.

Cast

*Anouk Aimée as Justine
*Dirk Bogarde as Pursewarden
*Robert Forster as Narouz
*Anna Karina as Melissa
*Philippe Noiret as Pombal
*Michael York as Darley
*John Vernon as Nessim
*Jack Albertson asCohen
*Cliff Gorman as Toto
*George Baker as Mountolive
*Elaine Church as Liza
*Michael Constantine as Memlik Pasha
*Marcel Dalio as French Consul General
*Michael Dunn as Mnemjian
*Barry Morse as Maskelyne