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An Affair to Remember

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An Affair to Remember

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Summary

Romantic drama starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Playboy Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay, the girlfriend of a wealthy man, fall in love on board a luxury liner bound for New York. They agree to meet in six months' time at the top of the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident threatens their planned future.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Sue Heal

This wonderfully frothy 1950s confection famously inspired the climactic scene on top of the Empire State Building in the much-loved Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film Sleepless in Seattle, yet the film itself was a remake of another McCarey production, 1939's Love Affair. The incomparable Cary Grant is at his slickly arch and urbane best as a wealthy, idle womaniser who meets his match in self-contained, sassy Deborah Kerr aboard a luxury liner. Director Leo McCarey dresses his sophisticated comedy of sexual manners in an atmosphere of rhinestone-encrusted dresses, impeccably pressed dinner suits and raised champagne glasses. The second half slips off the boil somewhat, but, thanks to Grant and Kerr, this remains a cinematic object lesson in the perfect rapier delivery of cut-and-thrust dialogue.

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7.4/10

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Cast

rolenameNickie FerranteCary GrantTerry McKayDeborah KerrKennethRichard DenningLoisNeva PattersonGrandmotherCathleen NesbittAnnouncerRobert Q LewisHathawayCharles WattsCourbetFortunio BonanovaFather McGrathMatt MooreMarioLouis MercierMiss WebbGeraldine WallGladysNora MarloweMiss LaneSarah SelbyGabrielloGenevieve Aumont

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rolenameDirectorLeo McCarey

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Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Languages

English | Italian | French

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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