In Search of Gregory Reviews

Christie is a young woman who goes to her father's wedding on the promise that she will meet a handsome young man named Gregory--who never shows. Instead, Christie fantasizes about him. She imagines him to be the handsome autoball player whose picture she has seen at the airport. She searches for him all over Geneva but her efforts are fruitless. She decides to return to Rome, though her brother, Hurt, with whom she had an incestuous affair years before, tries to dissuade her. At the airport she meets the autoball player (Sarrazin), and they check in to a hotel room for an afternoon of lovemaking. But he reveals himself to be a dull, German medical student and Christie is crushed. She prepares to leave for Rome once more and calls Hurt from the airport. He tells her the elusive Gregory has just called and is searching for her. But she decides to leave Geneva, completely unaware that Gregory (whose face is never seen) is in the phone booth next to hers. The film tries to be a Pinter-style psycho-drama but doesn't make it. Cowriter Guerra also contributed to L'AVVENTURA and BLOW UP. This was the last film Universal's European production company made, and the finished product was held for a year before it was released.