The Virgin and the Gypsy

1970
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

401

YOUR RATING

Period Drama Drama Romance

The story, adapted from a novella by D.H. Lawrence, tells how the daughter of a staid Rector in the north of England, rebels against her family by having a relationship with a gypsy, and how... Read allThe story, adapted from a novella by D.H. Lawrence, tells how the daughter of a staid Rector in the north of England, rebels against her family by having a relationship with a gypsy, and how "the voice of the water" triumphs in the end.The story, adapted from a novella by D.H. Lawrence, tells how the daughter of a staid Rector in the north of England, rebels against her family by having a relationship with a gypsy, and how "the voice of the water" triumphs in the end.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

401

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations

Trivia
Fay Compton replaced Dame Margaret Rutherford as Grandma at short notice after Rutherford reportedly became ill. Rutherford had aged considerably and was finding it difficult to learn and remember lines of dialogue.

Goofs
Bob plays his pipe while the kids are on the road, but the last shot before they arrive at the farm, the audio continues the pipe's music, while the visual shows Bob has put the pipe down.

Quotes
Yvette: It's always cold in this part of the world.
Bob: Oh, I dunno. It makes you grow hair on your ch... makes you strong.

Soundtracks
Keep Your Hand On Your Halfpenny
Alex Glasgow

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Inspired to dust off my Dexy's Midnight Runners collection

Browsing through and cataloguing my tapes just now (I genuinely had nothing better to do) I found this film 'The Virgin and the Gypsy', which I must have taped off channel 5 some time back for the sole purpose of forwarding through to the saucy bits, weapon at the ready and perched alertly over the remote.

Now that I'm too old for such shenanigans (and not living at home has taken away the 'someone-could-walk-in-at-any-minute' edge), I thought I'd actually watch the film.

To summarise, it's not that great, not that bad, some nice photography, I just found out the main bird is Mrs Sidney Poitier, she is very good looking in it, but provides very little amusement for adolescent armchair residents, especially in these days of the internet (where nothing less than a horse-midget combo will do). And I reckon the guy (the 'Gypsy' of the title) inspired Kevin Rowland's Dexy's 'look'.