Two Gentlemen Sharing is a 1969 British drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones, and starring Robin Phillips, Judy Geeson, Esther Anderson, Hal Frederick, Norman Rossington and Rachel Kempson.[1]

Two Gentlemen Sharing
Directed by	Ted Kotcheff
Screenplay by	Evan Jones
Based on	Two Gentlemen Sharing by David Stuart Leslie
Produced by	J. Barry Kulick
Starring	Robin Phillips Judy Geeson Esther Anderson
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Derek York
Music by	Stanley Myers
Production companies	American International Productions Epstein-Kulick Productions
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) American International Pictures (US)
Release dates	17 September 1969 (1969-09-17) (New York, US)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

The film cost an estimated £380,000 to make.[2]

Premise

An upper-class white Englishman is forced to confront his own feelings and prejudices when the London flat he advertises for sharing is taken up by an Oxford-educated black Jamaican.

Cast

• Robin Phillips as Roddy
• Judy Geeson as Jane
• Esther Anderson as Caroline
• Hal Frederick as Andrew
• Norman Rossington as Phil
• Rachel Kempson as Mrs. Ashby-Kydd
• Ram John Holder as Marcus
• Hilary Dwyer as Ethne
• Daisy Mae Williams as Amanda
• Philip Stone as Ethne's father
• Elspeth March as Ethne's mother
• Avice Landone as Roddy's mother
• David Markham as Roddy's father
• Shelagh Fraser as Jane's mother
• Earl Cameron as Jane's father

Critical reception

Variety wrote, "Film boasts a solid and well-chosen cast, strong physical values for such a medium-scaled item, and a racial story [from a novel by David Stuart Leslie] delivered with unhysterical acumen and, at times, with considerable barbed humor."[3]

References

External links

• Two Gentlemen Sharing at IMDb

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