Release Date: 1969-12-10
Overview: In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.
Rating: 7 / 10
Margaret Leighton
as Florence Lancaster
Alan Melville
as Pawnie
Patrick Barr
as David Lancaster
Jennifer Daniel
as Helen Saville
Richard Warwick
as Nicky Lancaster
Noël Coward - Writer
Philip Dudley - Director
Margaret Leighton turns in quite an emotional performance as the socialite "Florence", married to decent but rather subdued 'David" (Patrick Barr) and mother to her surprise visitor "Nicky" (Richard W...