21 Days
21 Days (also known as 21 Days Together, The First and the Last and Three Weeks Together) is a 1940 British drama film based on the short 1919 play The First and the Last by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and stars Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks. The film was renamed 21 Days Together for the American market.
Plot
Larry Darrant, the black sheep of his family, returns home to London from an unsuccessful business venture in Kenya and embarks on an affair with a married woman, Wanda. When Wanda's long-absent husband, Henry, who is Russian, shows up, he tries to extort money from the lovers, and pulls a knife on Larry when he refuses to pay. In the ensuing fight Henry is accidentally killed when he strikes his head on the fire fender.
More details
author | Basil Dean Graham Greene |
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director | Basil Dean |
editor | Charles Crichton William Hornbeck |
genre | drama |
keywords | arrest barrister black sheep condemned man dead body doing the right thing heart attack kill married woman police station |
musicBy | Muir Mathieson |
producer | Alexander Korda |
productionCompany | London Film Productions |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |