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No Love for Johnnie is a 1961 British drama film in CinemaScope directed by Ralph Thomas. It is based on the 1959 book of the same title by the Labour Member of Parliament Wilfred Fienburgh, and stars Peter Finch. It depicts the disillusionment and cynicism of a rebellious leftist Labour MP, who seeks escape in a relationship with a younger woman.
No Love for Johnnie: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Mary Peach, Donald Pleasence. After winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
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- Ralph Thomas
- 1961-07-05
No Love for Johnnie. 1961 1h 50m Drama List. Reviews 62% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Middle-aged Johnnie Byrne (Peter Finch) is a member of the British House of Commons. Johnnie's...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Drama
- Ralph Thomas
In this fictitious story of what goes on in Westminster's Corridors of Power, the hero is an MP called Johnnie Byrne (Peter Finch). He is first seen travelling down to London by train from his Yorkshire constituency after a General Election in which Labour has had a landslide victory.
A good example of the range of British film making in the early 1960s, No Love for Johnnie is a political drama based on the novel by Wilfred Fienburgh, who was a Labour MP from 1951 until his death, in a car accident, in 1958 at the age of only 38.
After winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
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