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Accident

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1967 | 105 min | Romance, Drama

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a lukewarm 6.4 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics. If you loved The Bridges of Madison County or A Place in the Sun, start here.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 45 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1967: an older pace and style.

Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.4 out of 10

  • AwardsBelow par

    Won 1 Cannes award: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix. Plus 1 other award.

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 31K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Joseph Losey

  • Dirk BogardeStephen
  • Stanley BakerCharley
  • Jacqueline SassardAnna
  • Michael YorkWilliam
  • Vivien MerchantRosalind
  • Delphine SeyrigFrancesca
  • Alexander KnoxProvost
  • Ann FirbankLaura
  • Brian PhelanPolice Sergeant
  • Terence RigbyPlain Clothed Policeman