In the French Style
In the French Style is a 1962 French-American romance film released by Columbia Pictures directed by Robert Parrish and stars Jean Seberg, Stanley Baker and Philippe Forquet.[1] It was based on a short story by Irwin Shaw.
Plot
The young American student Christina James (Jean Seberg) comes to Paris to live in the art scene. After six months in Paris, she meets sixteen-year-old Guy (Philippe Forquet) at an over-attended gallery showing and their romance develops. Later, she enjoys encounters with European men. Her Chicago-based history professor father (Addison Powell) cautions her about fleeting love. She abandons a long-time attachment to a British international journalist (Stanley Baker) to marry the San Francisco, California surgeon Dr. John Haislip (James Leo Herlihy).
Cast
- Jean Seberg — Christina James
- Stanley Baker — Walter Beddoes
- Philippe Forquet — Guy
- Addison Powell — Mr. James, Christina's Father
- Jack Hedley — Bill Norton
- Maurice Teynac — Baron Edward de Chassier
- James Leo Herlihy — Dr. John Haislip
- Ann Lewis — Stephanie Morell
- Jacques Charon — Patrini
- Claudine Auger — Clio Andropolous
- Barbara Sommers — Madame Piguet