The Triple Echo
Encyclopedia
The Triple Echo is a 1972
British
drama film
directed by Michael Apted
starring Glenda Jackson
, Brian Deacon
and Oliver Reed
, and based on a novel by H. E. Bates
.
Michel Apted was nominated a Golden Prize Award for the film at the Moscow International Film Festival
.
, Alice, a woman running a farm in the countryside discovers a man, named Barton roaming the fields. Barton decides to desert the army and Alice offers him refuge in exchange for help running the farm in her husband's absence, who has been taken prisoner by the Japanese. Over time Alice and Barton become close and eventually lovers. When army MPs begin search for Barton, he must prevent himself from being caught, so Alice helps him form the disguise of a woman named "Cathy". The Sergeant soon begins to take a liking to "Cathy". As it approaches Christmas, the Sergeant returns to invite Alice and "Cathy" to a Christmas party, in which Alice declines, but Barton, wanting to get out and have some fun, accepts the offer, much to Alice's disapproval. During the party, the Sergeant and another soldier take "Cathy" and a woman into a back room to ingage in some sexual activity, but when "Cathy" pushes the Sergeant away, he discovers his secret. Barton escapes as the MPs follow and hunt him down around the farm house, where Alice is waiting. With Alice not wanting Barton to suffer at the hands of the soldiers, she put him out of his misery by shooting him dead with her husband's shotgun.
1972 in film
The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB...
British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Michael Apted
Michael Apted
Michael David Apted, CMG is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up Series of documentaries and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.On 29 June 2003 he was elected...
starring Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson
Glenda May Jackson, CBE is a British Labour Party politician and former actress. She has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, and currently represents Hampstead and Kilburn. She previously served as MP for Hampstead and Highgate...
, Brian Deacon
Brian Deacon
Brian Deacon is a British actor. Born in Oxford, he trained at the Oxford Youth Theatre. He appeared with his brother Eric Deacon in the Peter Greenaway film, A Zed & Two Noughts , as Heumac in The Feathered Serpent and as Frank Miles in the TV series Lillie in 1978.He has been married twice:...
and Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles...
, and based on a novel by H. E. Bates
H. E. Bates
Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE , better known as H. E. Bates, was an English writer and author. His best-known works include Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May, and My Uncle Silas.-Early life:...
.
Michel Apted was nominated a Golden Prize Award for the film at the Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995....
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Plot
During WWII in EnglandEngland
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, Alice, a woman running a farm in the countryside discovers a man, named Barton roaming the fields. Barton decides to desert the army and Alice offers him refuge in exchange for help running the farm in her husband's absence, who has been taken prisoner by the Japanese. Over time Alice and Barton become close and eventually lovers. When army MPs begin search for Barton, he must prevent himself from being caught, so Alice helps him form the disguise of a woman named "Cathy". The Sergeant soon begins to take a liking to "Cathy". As it approaches Christmas, the Sergeant returns to invite Alice and "Cathy" to a Christmas party, in which Alice declines, but Barton, wanting to get out and have some fun, accepts the offer, much to Alice's disapproval. During the party, the Sergeant and another soldier take "Cathy" and a woman into a back room to ingage in some sexual activity, but when "Cathy" pushes the Sergeant away, he discovers his secret. Barton escapes as the MPs follow and hunt him down around the farm house, where Alice is waiting. With Alice not wanting Barton to suffer at the hands of the soldiers, she put him out of his misery by shooting him dead with her husband's shotgun.
Cast
- Glenda JacksonGlenda JacksonGlenda May Jackson, CBE is a British Labour Party politician and former actress. She has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, and currently represents Hampstead and Kilburn. She previously served as MP for Hampstead and Highgate...
... Alice - Oliver ReedOliver ReedOliver Reed was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles...
... Sergeant - Brian DeaconBrian DeaconBrian Deacon is a British actor. Born in Oxford, he trained at the Oxford Youth Theatre. He appeared with his brother Eric Deacon in the Peter Greenaway film, A Zed & Two Noughts , as Heumac in The Feathered Serpent and as Frank Miles in the TV series Lillie in 1978.He has been married twice:...
... Barton - Anthony MayAnthony MayAnthony May is a British stage, television and film actor. He attended Ottershaw School, Surrey. May trained at R.A.D.A. from 1965 to 1967....
... Subaltern - Gavin RichardsGavin RichardsGavin Richards is a British actor, writer and director. His father is music critic Denby Richards, emeritus editor of Britain's oldest classical music magazine, Musical Opinion....
... Stan - Jenny Lee-WrightJenny Lee-WrightJenny Lee-Wright is a British actress and dancer who later became a Foley artist.At age 16, she left school to train with the Ballet Rambert. Within a year, she became part of a French cabaret group that travelled the world...
... Christine - Kenneth ColleyKenneth ColleyKenneth Colley is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi....
... Provo Corporal - Daphne HeardDaphne HeardDaphne Heard was an English actress. She was born in Plymouth, Devon.She had a long and distinguished career on the stage, especially in classical roles, but was perhaps best known to the general public in latter years as "Mrs...
... Shopkeeper - Zelah ClarkeZelah ClarkeZelah Clarke is a television and film actress.She began to work as a television actor in 1972, and her roles include Ceinwen Lloyd in How Green Was My Valley and Susan Nipper in Dombey and Son...
... First Girl - Colin RixColin Rix-Selected filmography:* Strongroom * Panic * The Body Stealers * The Triple Echo * Aces High * The Medusa Touch * Porridge * Eye of the Needle * Dance with a Stranger...
... Compere - Ioan Meredith ... Guard