Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown - Peter William Evans (BFI Film Classics) Classical Hollywood John Wayne plays a civil

John Wayne plays a civil war veteran who spends years searching

Extras include documentary on British film by Frears

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Anna Karina shines as 'Odile' a shy young woman who falls in with 'Franz' and 'Arthur' a couple of streetwise hustlers who convince her to assist in carrying out a robbery

Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown - Peter William Evans (BFI Film Classics) Classical Hollywood John Wayne plays a civil'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breaksown by Peter William Evans (BFI Film Classics paperback) An analysis of Almodovar's international breakthrough film which explores its insights into gender and sexuality. Evans also discusses the film in the context of the social revolution which took place in Spain following the death of Franco.