The Go-Between is Harold Pinter's 1970 film adaptation of the novel by L. P. Hartley. A British production directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Dominic Guard (in the title role of Leo Colston), Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, and Edward Fox.
Pinter's screenplay—his final collaboration with Losey, following The Servant (1963) and Accident (1967)—is largely faithful to the novel, though it alludes to the novel's openi...
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The Go-Between is Harold Pinter's 1970 film adaptation of the novel by L. P. Hartley. A British production directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Dominic Guard (in the title role of Leo Colston), Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, and Edward Fox.
Pinter's screenplay—his final collaboration with Losey, following The Servant (1963) and Accident (1967)—is largely faithful to the novel, though it alludes to the novel's opening events in dialogue and incorporates events described in the novel's epilogue within the central narrative.
The film was shot at Melton Constable and Heydon in Norfolk.
Michel Legrand composed the soundtrack for the film.
The film won the Grand Prix at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1999 it was included on the British Film Institute's list of the 100 best British films.
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