The Passionate Friends

Based on 1913 H.G. Wells novel, David Lean's film tells the story Mary Justin (Ann Todd, who was Lean's third wife) an unhappily married woman living in the Swiss Alps. When she encounters Steven Stratton (Trevor Howard), a man with whom she had an affair before but whose marriage proposal she refused due to his social standing, the flame between them is rekindled. Suddenly, she finds herself torn between the convenience and financial comfort of her marriage and the passion of her old flame.