Follow Me!
Original publicity poster
Directed byCarol Reed
Screenplay byPeter Shaffer
Based onThe Public Eye
by Peter Shaffer
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Challis
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Music byJohn Barry
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • 18 July 1972 (1972-07-18) (New York City)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Follow Me! is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston. Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play (The Public Eye), the picture marks Carol Reed's last completed film.

The film was released in the United States under its original stage title The Public Eye.

The score was composed by John Barry and the film was edited by Anne V. Coates.

Plot

Set in London, it is the story of Charles, a successful but rather stuffy businessman (Michael Jayston), who meets and marries Belinda, a free-spirited American woman (Farrow). After a time, he believes she is having an affair because she spends long hours away from home during the day. Charles hires a private detective (Topol) to follow his wife. Belinda becomes aware that she is being followed, and the detective realises she has found out. However rather than abandoning the case, the detective begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with the complicity of the wife. The detective finally informs Charles that his wife never had an affair, and merely goes on solitary exploratory walks around the city. The husband realises he has been neglectful and made his wife unhappy. He joins the game of following his wife as an adventure.

Cast

Awards

Mia Farrow won the best actress award and Topol won the best actor award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

External links


Films directed by Carol Reed
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