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Only Two Can Play is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Sidney Gilliat starring Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling and Virginia Maskell. The screenplay was by Bryan Forbes, based on the 1955 novel That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis.
Only Two Can Play: Directed by Sidney Gilliat. With Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith. A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Maskell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.
- (1.4K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sidney Gilliat
- 1962-03-20
Only Two Can Play. John Lewis is bored by his librarian's job and henpecked at home. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is. Starring: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough.
- 102 min
- 119
- Jimbo's Filmcans
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With an unsatisfying home life and career, librarian John Lewis (Peter Sellers) spends most of his time daydreaming of illicit affairs with attractive women. On one such day, gorgeous Elizabeth...
- (5)
- Peter Sellers
- Sidney Gilliat
- British Lion Film Corporation
A Welsh librarian fed up with his meager, married existence meets a beautiful woman with whom he tries to consummate an affair.
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A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Markell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair. Married with two young children, John Lewis is a financially-struggling full-time librarian and part-time theater critic for the local newspaper in Aberdarcy, Wales.
