Carol Reed directed Follow Me! a British comedy-drama starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston.
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Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play (“The Public Eye”), the picture marks Carol Reed’s last completed film.
The film was released in the US under its original stage title “The Public Eye.”
Charles, a successful but stuffy British businessman (Michael Jayston), meets and marries Belinda, a free-spirited American (Farrow).
Soon, he believes she is having an affair because she spends long hours away from home. Charles hires a private detective (Topol) to follow his wife.
Belinda is aware of being followed, and the detective realizes that. However, the detective begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with the wife’s complicity.
The detective finally informs Charles that his wife never had an affair–she’s merely going on solitary exploratory walks in the city.
The husband, realizing he’s neglected his wife, then joins the game of following his wife as an adventure.
Cast
Mia Farrow as Belinda
Topol as Julian Cristoforou
Michael Jayston as Charles
Margaret Rawlings as Mrs. Sidley
Annette Crosbie as Miss Framer
Dudley Foster as Mr. Mayhew
Michael Aldridge as Sir Philip Crouch
Michael Barrington as Mr. Scrampton
Neil McCarthy as Parkinson
Credits:
Directed by Carol Reed
Screenplay by Peter Shaffer, based on his play, The Public Eye Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Cinematography Christopher Challis
Edited by Anne V. Coates
Music by John Barry
Color process Technicolor
Production company: Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: July 18, 1972 (NY)
Running time: 93 minutes