The Idol (1966)




Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks - The Idol

Michael Parks, Jennifer Hilary, John Leyton - The Idol

Jennifer Hilary, Michael Parks - The Idol




Marco, a youthful and haughty art student, is close with Timothy, a medical student, and his girlfriend Sarah. Timothy is controlled by his stunning mother, Carol, who is going through a divorce from her husband. Marco finds a studio apartment and Timothy pays the first two months' rent, with plans to move in with his friend. However, Carol interferes and blocks the move, so Sarah, who has developed feelings for Marco, moves in instead. During a gathering at Carol's weekend cottage, she becomes incensed when she discovers Marco and Sarah engaging in intimate activity in Timothy's room and orders Marco to leave. Later, Marco manipulates Carol into a tryst before leaving for the party in a drunken state, accompanied by a prostitute. He then cruelly reveals to Sarah how he slept with Carol.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Idol

W. Franklyn Moshier
The Films of Jennifer Jones
San Francisco, 1978