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A Passionate Romance

5.4

1h 35m

1989

“A Passionate Romance”

Synopsis

Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Trailer

DramaTV Movie

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Cast & Crew

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

as Alexandra Del Lago

Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon

as Chance Wayne

Valerie Perrine

Valerie Perrine

as Miss Lucy

Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

as Hatcher

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

as Boss Finley

Kevin Geer

as Tom Junior

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Ronnie Claire Edwards

as Aunt Nonnie

Cheryl Paris

as Heavenly Finley

Megan Blake

Megan Blake

as Violet

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