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Petulia
Petulia is a 1968 drama film directed by Richard Lester and starring Julie Christie, George C. Scott and Richard Chamberlain. The screenplay was by Lawrence B. Marcus from a story by Barbara Turner and is based on the 1966 novel Me and the Arch Kook Petulia by John Haase. It was scored by John Barry.
Plot
Petulia Danner is a young socialite married to a savagely abusive architect. At a benefit concert for victims of traffic accidents, she meets Dr. Archie Bollen, with whom she becomes smitten because he treated an injured Mexican boy. Archie is in the process of divorcing his wife Polo, sifting through relationships with the new man in his ex's life, his estranged sons, and well-to-do friends who only know Archie as one-half of a couple. Petulia and Archie embark on a quirky, desperate, and ultimately tragic affair.
Cast
More details
| author | Lawrence B. Marcus |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Richard Lester |
| editor | Antony Gibbs |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | benefit concert estranged son injured married mexican boy traffic accident |
| musicBy | John Barry |
| producer | Denis O'Dell Don Devlin Raymond Wagner |
| publisher | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| recordedAt | San Francisco |
| theme | narrative romantic drama |