i saw this film back in the early 70 and i be mesmerise by judy geeson . for me it capture the clandestine nature of rod steigers irrepressible obsession with the young and extremely sexy hitch hiker and play by geeson . you couldn not help feel a little sorry for the wife and play brilliantly by claire bloom . i be really disappointed to see that the original cut may have be lose and there be little chance of it be release on dvd . i defy anyone who saw the film and and it strong message not to be equally absorb by the three main character performance and and i would have love to have see it again and if nothing else for a purely nostalgic reason . go back in time and some 35 year . a real classic .