History Film / TheKillingOfSisterGeorge

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: June being a promiscuous lesbian causes the problems in her and Childie's relationship, yet she is regularly accusing Childie of cheating.
** Averted by the couple in Gateways.

* BuryYourGays: Averted in fact this is one of the few gay movies that ends without the gay characters dying off.
* TheCameo: Famously, Gateways the oldest lesbian nightclub in London appears and its mangers Gina Cerrato and Smithy have small parts.

* ChewingTheScenery: June does this on the day when they shoot George's death scene.
* TheDitz: Alice is clearly emotionally dependent on June which doesn't help her behaviour.
* DontYouDarePityMe: When June has her leaving party she is already in a fowl mood and has misbehaved when Mrs. Croft reveals that they have a new part for her as a talking cow on children's TV and she loses it thinking it's a handout.
* DownerEnding: While [[spoiler:Alice]] leaves [[spoiler:June]] for good, going with the more stable [[spoiler:Mercy Croft]], [[spoiler:June]] returns to the Applehurst set where [[spoiler:she trashes]] the set and mourns [[spoiler:the loss of Alice and her career]].

* PsychoLesbian: June is this way to Alice. She can't stand Alice speaking to any women even if they are non-threatening.
* OlderThanTheyLook: During [[spoiler:June's]] confrontation of [[spoiler:Mercy and Alice]] after catching them having sex, she tells [[spoiler:Mercy]] that the child that she calls [[spoiler:Alice]] is anything but. She's [[spoiler:in her 30's and has a teenage daughter she abandoned]]. It doesn't stop them leaving together.

''The Killing of Sister George'' is a 1968 drama film [[TheFilmOfThePlay based on]] the British play of the same name by Frank Marcus, directed by Creator/RobertAldrich and starring Beryl Reid, Creator/SusannahYork, and Coral Browne.

Actress June Buckridge (Reid) has been playing the beloved character of 'Sister George' in the hit BBC soap opera ''Applehurst'' for four years. Maybe that's too many, because she's so identifiable as the sweet district nurse that she is even addressed as 'George' backstage. However, June is in fact a rude drunken lesbian who's currently in a semi-sadistic relationship with a younger woman named Alice (York), whom she nicknames 'Childie' for her childlike demeanor. Fearing that Sister George may soon get killed off for ratings, June starts acting up both on and off the set, leading network producer Mercy Croft (Browne) to try and convince her to behave--even as she becomes attracted to Alice herself.

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June Buckridge (Reid) has played the beloved character 'Sister George' in the hit BBC soap opera ''Applehurst'' for four years. Maybe that's too many, because she is so identifiable as the sweet district nurse that she is even called 'George' backstage. However, she is in fact a rude drunken lesbian in a sadistic relationship with a younger woman named Alice (York), who acts childlike and is thus nicknamed 'Childie'. Fearing that Sister George might be killed off for ratings, June starts acting up, but after she causes trouble outside the set, producer Mercy Croft (Browne) tries to convince June to behave. However she ends up attracted to Alice herself.

While the stage play was a BlackComedy with only four characters and the lesbianism merely hinted at, the film is more of a dark drama presenting a rather negative, if not perverse, look at lesbianism with a young woman being seduced by predatory older women.

While the stage play was a BlackComedy that only had four characters and the lesbianism only hinted at, the movie was a dark drama presenting a rather negative, maybe perverse, look at lesbianism where a young woman is seduced by older predatory women.

''The Killing of Sister George'' is a 1968 drama film based on the British play of the same name by Frank Marcus, directed by Creator/RobertAldrich and starring Beryl Reid, Creator/SusannahYork, and Coral Browne.

The film was given a X Rating by the newly formed MPAA film rating system, which resulted in its failure at the box office and selected viewing in the UK. However, Beryl Reid (who'd won a Tony Award playing June on Broadway) did receive a UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}} nomination for her performance in the film.