The party's over (1965) (Blu-ray + DVD)

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An American looking for excitement overseas finds more than she can handle in this cautionary drama. Melina (Louise Sorel), a young American woman, disappears while traveling in Britain, and her father Ben (Eddie Albert) sends her fiancee Carson (Clifford David) to the U.K. in hopes of discovering what`s become of her. Carson learns that Melina has fallen in with a group of thrill-seeking Chelsea beatniks known as 'The Pack'. She`s decided to call off the engagement, and she uses the gang`s loutish leader, Moise (Oliver Reed), to run interference and keep Carson at arm`s length. Carson stays on Melina`s trail, but as her new life with the Pack becomes more and more sordid, tragedy seems inevitable. THE PARTY`S OVER was shot in 1963, but disputes with censors prevented the film from opening in London until 1965, in a cut version that reportedly displeased director Guy Hamilton.