Georgy Girl

Georgy Girl
Promotional film poster
Directed bySilvio Narizzano
Written byMargaret Forster
Peter Nichols
Based onGeorgy Girl
by Margaret Forster
Produced byRobert A. Goldston
Otto Plaschkes
StarringJames Mason
Alan Bates
Lynn Redgrave
Charlotte Rampling
CinematographyKenneth Higgins
Edited byJohn Bloom
Music byAlexander Faris
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Everglades Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 17 October 1966 (1966-10-17) (USA)
  • 21 October 1966 (1966-10-21) (UK)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,000[1]
Box office$16.8 million[2]

Georgy Girl is a 1966 British black-and-white romantic comedy film directed by Silvio Narizzano and starring Lynn Redgrave, Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, and Rachel Kempson (Redgrave's mother).[3] It was written by Margaret Forster and Peter Nichols based on the 1965 novel Georgy Girl by Forster. The film tells the story of a virginal young woman in 1960s Swinging London, who is faced with a dilemma when she is pursued by her father's older employer and the young lover of her promiscuous, pregnant flatmate. Grossing $16.8 million, Georgy Girl was a box-office success, and it also spawned a hit theme song.

  1. ^ Box Office Information for Georgy Girl. IMDb. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Georgy Girl, Box Office Information". The Numbers. the-numbers.com. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Georgy Girl". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 February 2024.