No Love for Johnnie
It Scorches With All the Intensity of Truth
1961 | 110m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Ralph Thomas |
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| Writer: | Wilfred Fienburgh, Nicholas Phipps, Mordecai Richler |
| Staring: |
| Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 14, 1961 |
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| Director: | Ralph Thomas |
| Writer: | Wilfred Fienburgh, Nicholas Phipps, Mordecai Richler |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | political party |
| Production Companies | Five Star Films Ltd. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Peter Finch | Johnnie Byrne |
| Stanley Holloway | Fred Andrews |
| Mary Peach | Pauline West |
| Donald Pleasence | Renfrew |
| Billie Whitelaw | Mary |
| Hugh Burden | Tim Maxwell |
| Rosalie Crutchley | Alice Byrne |
| Michael Goodliffe | Dr. West |
| Mervyn Johns | Charlie Young |
| Geoffrey Keen | The Prime Minister - Reginald Stevens |
| Paul Rogers | Sydney Johnson |
| Dennis Price | Flagg |
| Peter Barkworth | Henderson |
| Fenella Fielding | Sheilah |
| Derek Francis | Frank |
| Gladys Henson | Mrs. Sarah Arscott - Constituent at Party Meeting |
| Conrad Phillips | Drake |
| Maureen Pryor | Labour Party Member |
| George Rose | Edward Collins |
| Peter Sallis | M.P. |
| Jack Armstrong | Man Bench by the River Thames (uncredited) |
| John Arnatt | Gregson, BBC Reporter (uncredited) |
| Hyma Beckley | MP (uncredited) |
| Paul Beradi | MP Smoking on Terrace (uncredited) |
| Ernest Blyth | MP (uncredited) |
| John Blythe | Pub Customer (uncredited) |
| A.J. Brown | Speaker of the House (uncredited) |
| Avis Bunnage | Constituent (uncredited) |
| Marie Burke | Mary's Housekeeper (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Charters | Man at Earnley Station (uncredited) |
| Donald Churchill | Sheilah's Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Ernest Clark | M.P. (uncredited) |
| Marian Collins | Pretty Girl (uncredited) |
| George Curtis | Bobby (uncredited) |
| Dan Darnelli | MP (uncredited) |
| Mark Dignam | Earnley Constituent (uncredited) |
| Rex Garner | MP (uncredited) |
| Philip Gilbert | Terry Langham (uncredited) |
| Fred Griffiths | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Jack Gwillim | MP (uncredited) |
| Victor Harrington | MP (uncredited) |
| Lindsay Hooper | MP (uncredited) |
| Walter Horsbrugh | House of Commons Archivist (uncredited) |
| Howard Lang | Labour Party Member greeting Johnnie Byrne (uncredited) |
| Aileen Lewis | Woman on Euston Station Platform (uncredited) |
| Jack Mandeville | Dancer in Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Colin McKenzie | Bobby (uncredited) |
| William Mervyn | Postmaster-General (uncredited) |
| Philip Ray | M.P - House of Commons Entrance Area (uncredited) |
| Oliver Reed | Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited) |
| Jessie Robins | MP (uncredited) |
| Norman Rossington | Sykes of the Herald (uncredited) |
| Robert Sansom | Dying Minister (uncredited) |
| Ivan Santon | Man nudges Peter Finch (uncredited) |
| John Sharp | Railway Station Master (uncredited) |
| Emile Stemmler | MP (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Thompson | Sheilah's Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Joseph Tregonino | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Yolande Turner | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Mona Washbourne | Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited) |
| Johnny Wyne | MP (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Wilfred Fienburgh | Novel |
| Alfred Roome | Editor |
| Ralph Thomas | Director |
| Nicholas Phipps | Screenplay |
| Mordecai Richler | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Betty E. Box | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
Peter Finch seems very much at home with this role. He is "Johnnie Byrne", the successfully returned Labour MP for the working class constituency of "Urnley". Overlooked for a government position, he lives a pretty rakish existence regularly cheating on his wife with younger women. It all comes to a ... bit of an head when he comes into information that he could use to damage his own government; intent on using it he instead gets caught up with a lady friend "Pauline" (Mary Peach) and misses the opportunity to ask the question. One of his cohorts is less than impressed, so leaks this to his local party who force a vote of no confidence in him. He has to take stock now - else he could and up with nothing at all. Despite the decent cast - Stanley Holloway, Donald Pleasance and Billie Whiteaw appear now and again - it really is a bit of a single-hander from Finch. He does a decent enough job, but I found that the film slides into mediocrity after a promising start. The quality of the dialogue slips markedly as the story progresses and somehow, there is a convenience to the ending that rendered it just a bit hollow. I suppose for 1961 it might be considered a bit racy, but that has lost what potency it had now, too. Worth it for Finch, but I don't know that I would bother watching it again.