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    Movies - 1970s Movies - Z 1 Min Read

    Zee & Co (1972)

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    London architect Robert Blakeley (Michael Caine) and his wife Zee (Elizabeth Taylor) are a self-absorbed pair with a love-hate marriage that spirals towards destruction when Robert falls in love with a beautiful and elegant young boutique owner named Stella (Susannah York) and is unfaithful.

    Zee then goes through a series of scheming she-devil adventures to break Robert and Stella up: stalking the lovers, tossing Robert’s possessions into the street and, finally, attempting suicide.

    Then, while recovering in hospital, Zee requests that Stella visit her, and Stella – stupidly – accepts the offer.  Zee starts playing mind games with her husband’s mistress, who (inexplicably) reveals to Zee her deepest personal secret.

    It’s a brash affair that sees Taylor venting in best Virginia Woolf style, but the film tries a bit too hard to outrage (the lesbian subplot is particularly silly). It does provide a decent showcase for the three leads, though.

    Released in some markets as X, Y and Zee.

    Zee Blakeley
    Elizabeth Taylor
    Robert Blakeley
    Michael Caine
    Stella
    Susannah York
    Gladys
    Margaret Leighton
    Gordon
    John Standing
    Rita
    Mary Larkin
    Gavin
    Michael Cashman

    Director
    Brian G. Hutton

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