An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (film)
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | |
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| Directed by | Chris Petit |
| Produced by | Peter McKay Michael Relph |
| Written by |
P. D. James Elizabeth McKay Chris Petit Brian Scobie |
| Starring |
Billie Whitelaw Pippa Guard |
| Cinematography | Martin Schäfer |
| Edited by | Mick Audsley |
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94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is a 1982 British crime film directed by Chris Petit. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. D. James.
After finding her former boss, a private detective, is dead and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. She becomes obsessed with the boy and his suspicious death.
In a review in the The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote "As befits an English country-house mystery, the film has enough wood paneling, wildflowers and overall gentility to appeal to the genre's most ardent fans. But a couple of the film's transitions are abrupt enough to make the head spin, and its final action sequences are woefully perfunctory. The denouement is as disappointing as Mr. Petit's inability to breathe life into Cordelia, her sleuthing and her peculiar obsession." A review in Variety summarized; "Perhaps it is unfair to unravel this tale which is handled from a distance by director Christopher Petit robbing it of a more forceful narration, timing and revelation."
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