i like noel coward and the wit . i like noel coward and the play write . i like noel coward and the composer and singer and but i loathe noel coward the actor . to me this be a man who should have stay firmly behind the scene and write his play and compose his music and make his profound and hilarious observation . he should never have be allow in front of a camera . make no mistake and he be one of the top outstanding talent of the 20th century but the man just couldn not act and and his voice . with it roll r and it overly round tonal quality . well it could quite easily grate cheese in my opinion . this be one of my least favourite offering from coward and a he unconvincingly portray a psychiatrist embark on an affair with a much young woman and make bad by the fact that the much young woman be an old school friend of his much young wife . celia johnson be as much a joy to watch as ever a coward wrong wife . it be her performance that save this film from abject dullness . i suppose her own little fling in coward brief encounter four year previously qualify her for this role a she must have raise a few eyebrow play a such a promiscuous woman and this give her the chance to win back a few fan and gain some lose sympathy . she be such a wonderful actress and you can see why noel coward use her so much in many of his production . however the rest of the film be drab and badly act and predictable and on the whole boring to almost arse clench level . if it noel coward you want then take the time to watch in which we serve and blythe spirit or this happy breed instead . three noel coward treasure . with lovely film like these i suppose we can forgive him for this turkey . i have give this four star purely for the addition of miss johnson and but on the whole i would avoid this one like the plague .