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.
Cast
Anouk Aimée
Justine
Dirk Bogarde
Pursewarden
Robert Forster
Narouz
Anna Karina
Melissa
Philippe Noiret
Pombal
Michael York
Darley
John Vernon
Nessim
Jack Albertson
Cohen
Cliff Gorman
Toto
George Baker
British Ambassador David Mountolive
Elaine Church
Liza
Michael Constantine
Memlik Pasha
Marcel Dalio
French Consul General
Michael Dunn
Mnemjian
Barry Morse
Colonel Maskelyne
Severn Darden
Bathazar
Amapola Del Vando
Mrs. Serapamoun
Abraham Sofaer
Proprietor
Stanley Waxman
Serapamoun
DeAnn Mears
Woman at Ball
Tutte Lemkow
Prisoner
Delia Salvi
Italian Countess
Geoffrey Steele
Attache
Peter Mamakos
Kawwass (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Hamid (uncredited)
Katherine Victor
Cleo (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Barber (uncredited)
Richard Angarola
French Sailor (uncredited)
Lenmana Guerin
Prostitute (uncredited)
Crew
George Cukor
Director
Andrew Sarris
Screenplay
Lawrence B. Marcus
Screenplay
Lawrence Durrell
Novel
Rita Roland
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Maurice Vaccarino
Assistant Director
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Kathryn Hereford
Associate Producer
Red Crawford
Assistant Camera
Thomas Del Ruth
Assistant Camera
Dave Friedman
Assistant Camera
Robin Vidgeon
Assistant Camera
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Edith Lindon
Hair Supervisor
Dorothy White
Hairstylist
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Supervisor
Fred Harpman
Assistant Art Director
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Dockendorf
Sound
Bernard Freericks
Sound
Adolfo Bartoli
Lighting Technician
L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
Art Cruickshank
Visual Effects
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Kenneth Hall
Music Editor
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Aaron Haddad
Technical Advisor
Gemze De Lappe
Choreographer
Joseph C. Behm
Unit Production Manager
Saul Wurtzel
Unit Production Manager
William J. Creber
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
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