Two Gentlemen Sharing

Two Gentlemen Sharing is a 1969 American-British drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Robin Phillips, Judy Geeson, Esther Anderson, Hal Frederick, Norman Rossington and Rachel Kempson. It was written by Evan Jones based on the 1963 novel of the same name by David Stuart Leslie.

The film cost an estimated £380,000 to make. It was not theatrically released in the UK.

Plot
An upper-class white Englishman is forced to confront his own feelings and prejudices when the London flat he advertises for sharing is taken up by an Oxford-educated black Jamaican.

Cast

 * Robin Phillips as Roddy
 * Judy Geeson as Jane
 * Esther Anderson as Caroline
 * Hal Frederick as Andrew
 * Norman Rossington as Phil
 * Rachel Kempson as Mrs. Ashby-Kydd
 * Ram John Holder as Marcus
 * Hilary Dwyer as Ethne
 * Daisy Mae Williams as Amanda
 * Philip Stone as Ethne's father
 * Elspeth March as Ethne's mother
 * Avice Landone as Roddy's mother
 * David Markham as Roddy's father
 * Shelagh Fraser as Jane's mother
 * Earl Cameron as Jane's father

Critical reception
Variety wrote: "Film boasts a solid and well-chosen cast, strong physical values for such a medium-scaled item, and a racial story [from a novel by David Stuart Leslie] delivered with unhysterical acumen and, at times, with considerable barbed humor."

John Coleman wrote in the New Statesman: "Another stab at that colour problem. ... it was a pleasure to have a couple of laughs. Evan Jones's script is very alert at the beginning, when the posh black comes to share a flat with the posh white.

Boxoffice wrote: "Chosen as the official British entry to the [1969] Venice Film Festival, this J. Barry Kulick productiona strong, adult story for mature audiences. It should click extremely well with art house clientele."