THE RANK ORGANISATION
Presents
A Peter Rogers Production
QUEST FOR LOVE
JOAN COLLINS as Ottilie / Tracy Fletcher
TOM BELL as Colin TraffordDENHOLM ELLIOTT as Tom Lewis
LAURENCE NAISMITH as Sir Harry Larnstein
LYN ASHLEY as Jennifer
JULIET HARMER as Geraldine Lambert
NEIL MCCALLUM as Jimmy
TRUDI VAN DOORN as Sylvia
JEREMY CHILD as Dougie Raynes
RAY MCANALLY as Jack Kahn
SIMON WARD as Jeremy
JOHNNY BRIGGS as Club Barman
SAM KYDD as Taximan
GERALDINE MOFFAT as Stella
DAVID WESTON as Johnny Prescott
DUDLEY FOSTER as Grimshaw
ANGUS MACKAY as Dr Rankin
BERNARD HORSFALL as Telford
PHILIP STONE as Mason
JOHN HALLAM as Jonathan Keene
JOAN BENHAM as Helpful Neighbour
ANDREW SACHS as TV Announcer
Assistant Director - Bert Batt Director of Photography - Ernest Steward Art Director - Robert Jones
Music by Eric Rogers Ottilie's Theme by Peter Rogers Edited by Roy WattsScreenplay by Terence Feely From the Short Story "Random Quest" by John Wyndham
Executive Producer - Peter Rogers Produced by Peter Eton Directed by Ralph Thomas
(c) 1971 RANK 87 MINS COLOR
When physicist Colin Trafford's latest experiment ends in an explosion, he somehow finds himself in a parallel world! In his own world his marriage to the beautiful Ottilie is under strain and heading for divorce. But Colin is desperate to find Tracy, an air-hostess, who is the exact image of Ottilie and who he believes is dying! It's a race against time on a Quest For Love!
This was the first of two films Joan made for her old bosses at The Rank Organisation. The film had originally been cast with Britt Ekland, but it finally went into production with Joan. This film and the next "Revenge", were both produced by Peter Rogers although 'Revenge' was released before 'Quest' The original story "Random Quest", by acclaimed sci-fi writer John Wyndham, was first filmed by the BBC as an episode of the series "Out of the Unknown". The role of Colin was played by Keith Barron, while Tracy Reed played Ottilie. Apparently this episode was destroyed by the BBC and no longer exists. However in 2006 they made another version under the "Random Quest" title, starring Samuel West and Kate Ashfield.
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| Joan checks her image on set. |
The film is one of the more intelligent science fiction films of the era and Joan looks sensational in it. She said of her role in the production.
" With Rank, it had been fifteen years since my "Coffee Bar Jezebel" roles, now I am playing leading ladies, sometimes if I was lucky, with a touch of humour or evil thrown in!"
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| Press item on both 'Quest For Love' & 'Revenge' |
" Quest For Love. A luscious, cliffhanging romance, threads through John Wyndham's eerie science fiction story!"
VARIETY..
" Peter Rogers presents an enthralling drama of a man who lives two existences in different times, putting one experience to advantage in the other. Raplh Thomas has coaxed most sympathetic performances from an admirable cast. Joan Collins has rarely been better..She is beautifully gowned throughout and looks gorgeous. She acts with warmth and has a fine foil in Tom Bell."
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| Rank Press Sheet.. |
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| Promo Fashion Shot |
" Tom Bell is quite bewildered as he plays a scientist whose experiments goes wrong. After waking up with a bump on the head, he finds life has changed! The theory of this tale has more holes than a trawling net! But Joan Collins as his wife looks lovely.. No matter what world she is in!
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| Italian video sleeve |
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| 2012 dvd sleeve.. |
'Quest For Love' has been available for many years on dvd, A 2011 region 1 USA release from Scorpion is no longer available. However a region 2 uk release in 2012 from Strawberry Meia still available.. You can order this release here!
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