Follow Me! (film)

Follow Me!
Original publicity poster
Directed by	Carol Reed
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Screenplay by	Peter Shaffer
Based on	The Public Eye by Peter Shaffer
Starring	Mia Farrow Topol Michael Jayston Margaret Rawlings Annette Crosbie Dudley Foster Michael Aldridge Michael Barrington Neil McCarthy
Music by	John Barry
Cinematography	Christopher Challis
Edited by	Anne V. Coates
Production company	Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	18 July 1972 (1972-07-18) (New York City)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Follow Me! is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston. Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play (The Public Eye), the picture marks Carol Reed's last completed film.

The film was released in the United States under its original stage title The Public Eye.

The score was composed by John Barry and the film was edited by Anne V. Coates.

Plot

Set in London, it is the story of Charles, a successful but rather stuffy businessman (Michael Jayston), who meets and marries Belinda, a free-spirited American woman (Farrow). After a time, he believes she is having an affair because she spends long hours away from home during the day. Charles hires a private detective (Topol) to follow his wife. Belinda becomes aware that she is being followed, and the detective realises she has found out. However rather than abandoning the case, the detective begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with the complicity of the wife. The detective finally informs Charles that his wife never had an affair, and merely goes on solitary exploratory walks around the city. The husband realises he has been neglectful and made his wife unhappy. He joins the game of following his wife as an adventure.

Cast

• Mia Farrow as Belinda
• Topol as Julian Cristoforou
• Michael Jayston as Charles
• Margaret Rawlings as Mrs. Sidley
• Annette Crosbie as Miss Framer
• Dudley Foster as Mr. Mayhew
• Michael Aldridge as Sir Philip Crouch
• Michael Barrington as Mr. Scrampton
• Neil McCarthy as Parkinson

Awards

Mia Farrow won the best actress award and Topol won the best actor award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

External links

• Follow Me at IMDb
• Follow Me! at the British Film Institute
• Follow Me at the TCM Movie Database
• Follow Me! at Letterboxd