A Severed Head
“A Severed Head is not a horror story ... It's something else!”
1971•1h 38m•5.2•Released
Comedy
Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own — namely, a mistress called Georgie, whom his womanizing brother also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister Honor seems to know everyone's business.
Director
Dick Clement
Writer
Frederic Raphael
Languages
English
Studio
Winkast Film Productions
Cast
Lee Remick
Antonia Lynch-Gibbon
Richard Attenborough
Palmer Anderson
Ian Holm
Martin Lynch-Gibbon
Claire Bloom
Honor Klein
Jennie Linden
Georgie Hands
Clive Revill
Alexander Lynch-Gibbon
Ann Firbank
Rosemary Lynch-Gibbon
Rosamund Greenwood
Miss Seelhaft
Constance Lorne
Miss Hernshaw
Robert Gillespie
Winking Patient
Katherine Parr
Receptionist
Nerys Hughes
Nurse
Anne Jameson
Woman at Party
Yvette Rees
Woman at Party
Frank Gatliff
Wine Taster (uncredited)
Production
Company
Winkast Film Productions
Company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Producer
Alan Ladd Jr.
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