The Vortex

Name: The Vortex
Director: Philip Dudley
Released: 1969-12-10
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Margaret Leighton, Alan Melville, Patrick Barr, Jennifer Daniel, Richard Warwick

In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.