17-year-old Joanna Sorrin (South African actress Geneviève Waïte), a wide-eyed and fanciful country girl, goes to London for a fashion design course.
There, she dresses in chic fashions, comes into contact with the capital’s young jet set, indulges in the pleasures of casual sexual encounters, and an impromptu trip to Morocco with the wise and debonair Lord Peter Sanderson (Donald Sutherland).
She eventually becomes the mistress of nightclub owner Gordon (Calvin Lockhart), from Sierra Leone.
Unfortunately, her lover happens to kill a man and is sent to jail. As she is pregnant from Gordon, Joanna returns home to her parents – still as immature, childish and unprepared as she was at the film’s beginning.
Joanna is a great snapshot of “Swinging London” in the sixties.
Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent were asked to write the theme song, but their composition was dropped in favour of Rod McKuen’s soundtrack.
The Trent/Hatch version became a major UK hit for Scott Walker.
Joanna Sorrin
Geneviève Waïte Hendrik Casson
Christian Doermer Gordon
Calvin Lockhart Lord Peter Sanderson
Donald Sutherland Beryl
Glenna Forster-Jones Granny
Marda Vanne Father
Geoffrey Morris Margot
Michelle Cook Inspector
Manning Wilson Black Detective
Clifton Jones White Detective
Dan Caulfield Lefty
Michael Chow Bruce
Anthony Ainley Angela
Jane Bradbury Miranda De Hyde
Fiona Lewis Lady Sanderson
Edith MacArthur PC Dove
John Owens Film Director
Michael Sarne Dominic Endersley
David Scheuer
Director
Michael Sarne
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Unfortunately, her lover happens to kill a man and is sent to jail. As she is pregnant from Gordon, Joanna returns home to her parents – still as immature, childish and unprepared as she was at the film’s beginning.
