The Sailor from Gibraltar

The Sailor from Gibraltar is a 1967 British romantic drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jeanne Moreau, Ian Bannen, Vanessa Redgrave, Hugh Griffith and Orson Welles.[3] The screenplay concerns a mysterious woman who wanders the globe, searching for a sailor she knew many years earlier, unwittingly attracting others to her and her strange quest.[4]

The Sailor from Gibraltar
French theatrical poster
Directed byTony Richardson
Written byMarguerite Duras (novel)
Christopher Isherwood
Tony Richardson
Don Magner
Produced byOscar Lewenstein
StarringJeanne Moreau
Ian Bannen
Vanessa Redgrave
Hugh Griffith
Orson Welles
Ziya Mohyeddin
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
Edited byAntony Gibbs
Music byAntoine Duhamel
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists[1]
Release dates
  • April 24, 1967 (1967-04-24) (USA)
  • July 21, 1967 (1967-07-21) (UK)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$215,000[2]

Plot

Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes to be intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching a sailor known many years before, based on the novel Le marin du Gibraltar by Marguerite Duras.

Cast

Critical reception

Time Out commended Raoul Coutard's camerawork, but dismissed the film as "Highfalutin nonsense";[5] whereas Derek Winnert found it "well-intentioned, weird, arty stuff in the style of the time. Director Tony Richardson turns it into a smart, interesting film that’s always intriguing even if it is not entirely a success."[6]

References
  1. "Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)". BBFC. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 246
  3. "The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)". BFI.
  4. "The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) - Tony Richardson | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  5. "The Sailor from Gibraltar". Time Out Worldwide.
  6. "The Sailor from Gibraltar *** (1967, Jeanne Moreau, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Bannen) – Classic Movie Review 1644". 7 September 2014.


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