Sweet November (1968 film)

Sweet November is a 1968 romantic comedydrama Technicolor film written by Herman Raucher and starring Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley and Theodore Bikel. The film had originally been written as a stage play by Raucher, but before it was even performed, Universal Pictures got wind of the project and paid Raucher 100,000 USD or the modern equivalent of 583,000 to stop work on the play and adapt it as a screenplay.

Successful British box manufacturer Charlie Blake Anthony Newley meets Sara Deever Sandy Dennis when they both take a drivers exam in New York City. She tries to get a few answers from him, but he is the one who gets expelled for cheating. They run into each other later and go out on a date.When they return to her apartment, Charlie meets Alonzo Theodore Bikel, Saras older, vegetarian friend. Then Richard Sandy Baron bursts in he begs her to let him stay with her, but she has already packed his bag. After he leaves, Charlie asks her why Richard referred to him as his successor. She explains that she has a special therapy program She takes in a man for no longer than a month to diagnose and fix whatever problem he has. Richard was October, and she wants him to be November. She believes his trouble is his devotion to his work. Charlie accepts, though he is only interested in a short fling. He tells his employee, Digby King Moody, to send him a telegram after a week so he will have an excuse to leave. ........

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