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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1968 DVD Release: 02/22/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Comedy Drama, Satire, Gay & Lesbian Films, Showbiz Comedy See Also: The Killing of Sister George

A year after helming The Dirty Dozen, director Robert Aldrich took on this controversial drama based on the play of the same name by Frank Marcus. Beryl Reid stars as soap opera star June, an alcoholic lesbian who spends most of her time with her younger lover, Alice (Susannah York). When vindictive television executive Mercy Croft (Coral Browne) takes a liking to Alice, she arranges to have June's character, Sister George, killed off the show. Drunk and paranoid, June struggles to keep it together or risk losing Alice. Because of its exploration of a subject as taboo as homosexuality, The Killing of Sister George earned an X rating. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Beryl Reid - June (Sister George)
Susannah York - Alice McNaught
Coral Browne - Mercy Croft
Ronald Fraser - Leo Lockhart
Patricia Medina - Betty Thaxter