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The Passionate Friends

1949·91 min

The Passionate Friends

Directed by David Lean

DramaRomance

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband.

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Mary Justin

Howard Justin

Prof. Steven Stratton

Betty Ann Davies

Joan Layton

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Richard Addinsell

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Pat Stratton

Wilfrid Hyde-White

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Hotel Manager

Hall Porter

Natasha Sokolova

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The Passionate Friends (1949) is about a woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband.

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David Lean directed The Passionate Friends (1949).

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