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Overview
Release Date:
28 April 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
The Story That Seduced The World Is Now The Most Controversial Film Of The Year. morePlot:
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Hopper To Star in Controversial Sinatra Biopic (From WENN. 29 August 2002)
Val Kilmer's Ex To Make Comeback (From WENN. 24 August 2001)
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A scandalous movie on a well-known Scandal moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Hurt | ... | Stephen Ward | |
| Joanne Whalley | ... | Christine Keeler (as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) | |
| Bridget Fonda | ... | Mandy Rice-Davies | |
| Ian McKellen | ... | John Profumo | |
| Leslie Phillips | ... | Lord Astor (Bill) | |
| Britt Ekland | ... | Mariella Novotny | |
| Daniel Massey | ... | Mervyn Griffith-Jones | |
| Roland Gift | ... | Johnnie Edgecombe | |
| Jean Alexander | ... | Mrs. Keeler | |
| Alex Norton | ... | Detective Inspector | |
| Ronald Fraser | ... | Justice Marshall | |
| Paul Brooke | ... | John, Detective Sgt. | |
| Jeroen Krabbé | ... | Eugene Ivanov (as Jeroen Krabbe) | |
| Keith Allen | ... | Kevin, Reporter Sunday Pictorial | |
| Ralph Brown | ... | Paul Mann |
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Rated R for strong sexuality, and for language.Parents Guide:
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115 min | USA:106 min | Canada:111 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:18Filming Locations:
London, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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Many UK actors are said to have refused roles in this movie because of the subject could cost them knighthoods and the other honors. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: A title card says, "One Year Later, 1962," indicating Profumo addressed Parliament re Keeler that year. But, Profumo's address was actually in March 1963. moreQuotes:
John Profumo: I have nothing to hide.Stephen Ward: Come off it John, we all have something to hide, what a boring life it would be if we didn't.
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Nothing Has Been Proved moreFAQ
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This is an excellent movie on the political scandal that hit UK in 1960s. No wonder so many British actors rejected to act in this movie. The central character in this story is about this beautiful girl (Bridget Fonda) and her relation with several prominent British politicians of her time along with a Russian diplomat. It shows the underlying facts and ironies of British political system. While watching the movie one is spell-bound from beginning to the end. This movie is about people and their relations with other people. The scene where Bridget Fonda is running from one man to the other (fresh out of swimming pool) sums up the movie in fact. No, I am not talking of glamor associated with Fonda running around. The scene expresses the sense of the movie in a nutshell. It is a story of a woman who is trying to find her place in the world, about a man who can manipulate people to achieve his end, about a scandalous politician, in fact about so many colorful people that it is impossible to specify here. Please watch the movie if you ever get a chance. If you like intrigue, drama, corruption and beautiful women, not to mention political scandals, then it is the movie for you. This is the perfect movie for late night over the weekends! I have decided to give it nine stars, but it could easily have been ten....