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Two Loves

"So busy with her children... She didn't have time to get married!"

American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

Top Cast

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine

    Anna Vorontosov

  • Laurence Harvey

    Laurence Harvey

    Paul Lathrope

  • Jack Hawkins

    Jack Hawkins

    William W.J. Abercrombie

  • Nobu McCarthy

    Nobu McCarthy

    Whareparita

  • Ronald Long

    Ronald Long

    Headmaster Reardon

  • Norah Howard

    Norah Howard

    Mrs. Cutter

  • Juano Hernández

    Juano Hernández

    Chief Rauhuia

  • Edmund Vargas

    Edmund Vargas

    Matawhero (uncredited)

  • Neil Woodward

    Neil Woodward

    Mark Cutter (uncredited)

Overview

American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

Rating

5.4 / 10
11 Reviews
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