One Brief Summer

One Brief Summer
Original British quad poster
Directed byJohn Mackenzie
Written byWendy Marshall
Story byGuido Cohen
Harry Tierney
Based onplay Valkyrie's Armour by Harry Tierney[1]
Produced byGuido Coen
StarringClifford Evans
Peter Egan
Jennifer Hilary
Felicity Gibson
CinematographyDavid MacDonald
Edited byJohn Colville
Music byRoger Webb
Production
company
Twickenham Film Associates
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox Film Company (UK)
Cine vision (US)
Release dates
  • February 1971 (1971-02) (UK)
  • 1972 (1972) (US)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

One Brief Summer is a 1971 British drama film directed by John Mackenzie, the first feature film he directed. It stars Felicity Gibson and Clifford Evans.[2][3] The British Film Institute called it "one of many '60s films to explore a relationship between a middle-aged man and a young woman".[4]

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "One Brief Summer". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ "One Brief Summer (1969) - John Mackenzie | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  4. ^ "Mackenzie, John (1932-2011)". BFI Screenonline.