Two Gentlemen Sharing is a 1969 American-British drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Robin Phillips, Judy Geeson, Esther Anderson, Hal Frederick, Norman Rossington and Rachel Kempson.
[2][1][5] An upper-class white Englishman is forced to confront his own feelings and prejudices when the London flat he advertises for sharing is taken up by an Oxford-educated black Jamaican.
[7] According to historian Alexander Walker, "Differences of opinion began almost as soon as it was finished, with Paramount insisting that the makers had not delivered the film ‘as scripted,’ and the latter asserting that it was essentially the same, allowing for the ‘inevitable’ changes in shooting due to second and presumably better thoughts, or the reshaping of scenes that did not work.
[11] Variety wrote: "Film boasts a solid and well-chosen cast, strong physical values for such a medium-scaled item, and a racial story [from a novel by David Stuart Leslie] delivered with unhysterical acumen and, at times, with considerable barbed humor.
[13] Boxoffice wrote: "Chosen as the official British entry to the [1969] Venice Film Festival, this J. Barry Kulick productiona strong, adult story for mature audiences.