The Rough and the Smooth
The Rough and the Smooth (US-title: Portrait of a Sinner) is a 1959 British drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton, William Bendix and Natasha Parry. The screenplay concerns an archaeologist who has an affair with a German woman, putting his engagement to another woman in jeopardy.
Plot
In late 1950s London an upper-class archeologist Mike Thompson (Tony Britton) by chance meets a mysterious German woman Ila Hansen (Nadja Tiller) in a bar; later they share a taxi and he takes her back to the house where he lives with his parents. They embark on a torrid love affair during which she constantly lies and deceives him and threatens to ruin his long-term relationship with his fiancee, Margaret Goreham (Natasha Parry).
More details
| author | Dudley Leslie Robin Maugham |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Robert Siodmak |
| editor | Gordon Pilkington |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | love affair |
| musicBy | Douglas Gamley |
| producer | George Minter |
| productionCompany | George Minter Productions |
| publisher | Renown Pictures |