The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)

Director
Joseph McGrath

Main cast
Shirley MacLaine; Richard Attenborough; James Booth; Freddie Jones; William Rushton

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
A housewife, bored with her bra-manufacturer husband, who spends most of his time obsessed with classical music, strikes up an affair with one of his employees whom she hides in the attic--something both she and the lover find quite a suitable arrangement.


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