Personal Affair is a 1953 British drama film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring Gene Tierney, Leo Genn and Glynis Johns.

Teenager Barbara Vining (Glynis Johns) has an unrequited crush on her Latin-language teacher, Stephen Barlow (Leo Genn) and goes to his house for private tutoring.

By the second day, Stephen is accused by the community, without any evidence, of having had an affair with Barbara or even of causing her death by murder or suicide.

Barbara's gossipy spinster Aunt Evelyn (Pamela Brown), who lives with the family, makes the situation considerably worse with her innuendo, by projecting her own, much earlier unrequited love experience onto her niece.

As the police drag the river to find Barbara's body, an irate group of concerned mothers meet with the school's headmaster, causing Stephen to lose his job.