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The Passionate Friends

 1949
 95 minutes (1 hrs 35 mins)
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Directed by

David Lean

Starring

Ann Todd · Claude Rains · Trevor Howard · Betty Ann Davies · Isabel Dean · Arthur Howard

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Release dates

US release date US release
17th May 1949
Sweden release date Sweden release
2nd May 1949
Mexico release date Mexico release
19th August 1949

Certificates

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