An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other.
Acting
Burton and Harrison's theatrical sparring matches
Production
Single-location intimacy that feels like a play
Costume
Harrison's increasingly tragic wigs
Director
Stanley Donen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made two years after UK decriminalized homosexuality — yet still treats it as shameful secret. Harrison and Burton were both notorious womanizers who reportedly got drunk to film kiss scenes.
Director Stanley Donen made this between 'Funny Girl' and 'Two for the Road' — his most radically personal project, and his biggest flop. The film's commercial failure helped bury queer cinema for years.
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