Released
Justine
August 6 1969 (over 55 years ago)Rating
Based on
11 reviews
- Directors: George Cukor, Joseph Strick
- Writers: Andrew Sarris, Lawrence B. Marcus
- Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 56 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: 20th Century Fox
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.