In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.

• DirectorGeorge Cukor
• Release6 August 1969
• Genre
  Drama / Mystery
• Duration1h 56m
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• Rate
  

  4.1
  11 reviews
• Productions

  20th Century Fox