• Production Year

    1957

  • Release date

    02/05/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Patricia Dainton

Film

The Passionate Stranger

mild bad language, sex references

A romance writer's chauffeur mistakenly believes she has fallen in love with him in this 1957 British comedy drama film, in which references to sex and infidelity are mild and undetailed.…

A romance writer's chauffeur mistakenly believes she has fallen in love with him in this 1957 British comedy drama film, in which references to sex and infidelity are mild and undetailed.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

alcohol and smoking

theme

threat and horror

rude humour

  • Production Year

    1957

  • Release date

    02/05/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Patricia Dainton

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

mild bad language, sex references
Classified Date:
18/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
In an imagined scene, a man sabotages a wheelchair so that a disabled person rolls into a lake and drowns. There are also undetailed references to domestic abuse when a woman describes her husband as possessive and controlling.
language
There is mild bad language ('bloody').
sex
The film deals with themes of marital infidelity.
discrimination
During an imagined scene, a man tells his wife, who wishes to play piano in a concert, that her place is at home with him. There is also some stereotyping of an Italian character.
alcohol and smoking
There also scenes of smoking which reflect the time period in which the film was made.
theme
There are brief scenes of emotional upset, as well as references to illness.
Classified Date:
28/12/1956
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
British Lion Film Corp Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
mild bad language, sex references
Classified Date:
14/03/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
language
There is mild bad language ('bloody').
sex
The film deals with themes of marital infidelity.
additional issues
There are brief scenes of emotional upset, as well as references to illness. In an imagined scene, a man sabotages a wheelchair so that a disabled person rolls into a lake and drowns. There are also scenes of smoking which reflect the time period in which the film was made.
Contains mild language and mild sex references
Classified Date:
03/02/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Network

  • Classified date

    18/04/2023

  • Language

    English