The Killing of Sister George (1968)
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7 years, 10 months ago at May 18 18:22
A rediscovery. Audacious but not scandalizing Aldrich on lesbian intrigue. Beryl is a great character and her swashbuckling dialogues with Coral Browne nad her colleagues are excellent. Aldrich is amused.
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The Killing of Sister George is a play by Frank Marcus.
Sister George is a beloved character in the popular radio series Applehurst, a nurse who ministers to the medical needs and personal problems of the local villagers. She is portrayed by June Buckridge, who in real life is a gin-guzzling, cigar-chomping, slightly sadistic lesbian, the antithesis of the sweet character she plays. June lives with Alice "Childie" McNaught, a considerably younger dim-witted woman she often verbally and sometimes physically abuses. When June discovers her character is scheduled to be killed, she becomes increasingly impossible to work
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Release date: 16 December 1968
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"This terrific movie has an outstanding performance by Beryl Reid as an ageing lesbian actress June whose character George in a soap opera is about to axed. She takes out her frustrations on her lover Childie played by Susannah York. Beryl Reid's non-stop barrage of put-downs, insults, wisecracks and other hateful remarks are acidly hilarious. Her world is about to teeter over the edge when a female BBC production head sets her eyes on snatching Childie away from her. Although the movie does go o"
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