Justine Script

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Year:1969
Director:George Cukor, Joseph Strick
Written by:Lawrence B. Marcus (Screenplay), Lawrence Durrell (Novel), Andrew Sarris (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis: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.
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