BOYFRIEND - BLU-WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1971
• Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
• Plot: The star has injured an ankle, but the show - and inexperienced stage assistant Polly Browne - must go on. Break a leg, kid. And don't let the presence of Hollywood director and talent scout Mr. De Thrill add any pressure. And so begins this colorful tale of theater hopefuls with stars in their eyes and greasepaint in their veins, a work that, under the guidance of director Ken Russell, is not just an affectionate filmization of Sandy Wilson's London/Broadway stage hit but also an homage to the movie stagings of Busby Berkeley - complete with imaginative use of kaleidoscopic top shots and rows of leggy chorines. Fashion icon Twiggy makes her screen debut as sweet-natured Polly, a role played earlier by Julie Andrews in her Broadway debut. Curtain up. Maybe someone will be discovered tonight.
• Cast: Twiggy, Tommy Tune, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Glenda Jackson, Barbara Windsor, Georgina Hale, Vladek Sheybal, Brian Murphy, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin, Moyra Fraser, Sally Bryant, Graham Armitage, Antonia Ellis, Caryl Little, Anne Jameson, Catherine Willmer, Robert La Bassier, Susan Claire, Peter Greenwell, Cheryl Grunwald, Steven Longhurst, Petra Siniawski, Ken Russell, Sandy Wilson
• Director: Ken Russell
• Runtime: 2:16
• Company: MGM, EMI
• Media Format: Movie