The Browning Version

About The Browning Version

Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him.

Anthony Asquith's The Browning Version is a 1951 drama film. Michael Redgrave stars as Andrew Crocker-Harris, Jean Kent as Millie Crocker-Harris, Nigel Patrick as Frank Hunter, and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Frobisher.

At 90 minutes long, it arrived in April 1951. Written by Terence Rattigan. The film began as a stage production.

Shelv files it under adulterous wife, boys' school, cuckolded husband, and english teacher. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel and TCM. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 110 TMDB voters.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The History Boys, and The Whale make useful companions to The Browning Version, all filed under nasty wife and based on play or musical.