based on novel or book,culture clash,suicide attempt,frigidity,new zealand,maori,unrequited love,teaching,teenage pregnancy,illegitimacy,motorcycle accident

Two Loves (1961)

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So busy with her children... She didn't have time to get married!

American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

Cast & Crew

Director
Charles Walters
  • Profile picture of Shirley MacLaine
    Anna Vorontosov Shirley MacLaine
  • Profile picture of Laurence Harvey
    Paul Lathrope Laurence Harvey
  • Profile picture of Jack Hawkins
    William W.J. Abercrombie Jack Hawkins
  • Profile picture of Nobu McCarthy
    Whareparita Nobu McCarthy
  • Profile picture of Ronald Long
    Headmaster Reardon Ronald Long
  • Profile picture of Juano Hernández
    Chief Rauhuia Juano Hernández
  • Profile picture of Edmund Vargas
    Matawhero (uncredited) Edmund Vargas

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • culture clash
  • suicide attempt
  • frigidity
  • new zealand
  • maori
  • unrequited love
  • teaching
  • teenage pregnancy
  • illegitimacy
  • motorcycle accident