Perfect Strangers (1945 film)

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Perfect Strangers
Directed by Alexander Korda
Produced by Alexander Korda
Written by Clemence Dane
Anthony Pelissier
Starring Robert Donat
Deborah Kerr
Music by Clifton Parker
Cinematography Georges Périnal
Distributed by London Films
Release date(s) October 15, 1945
Running time 102 mins
(93 mins US)
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Perfect Strangers , (US title: Vacation from Marriage), is a 1945 British drama film made by London Films. It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Clemence Dane and Anthony Pelissier based on a story by Clemence Dane. The music score was by Clifton Parker and the cinematography by Georges Périnal.

The film stars Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr with Glynis Johns, Ann Todd and Roland Culver. The film marks Roger Moore's uncredited debut.

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The story is about a timid married couple (Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr) who are separated by serving overseas in the Second World War. They are transformed through meeting other people: a nurse (Ann Todd), and an officer (Roland Culver). At the end of the war, they are reunited, but they find that they are "perfect strangers". They consider divorce, but are later reconciled.

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  • The Great British Films, pp 82-84, Jerry Vermilye, 1978, Citadel Press, ISBN 080650661X

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