I happened on this film one morning and I rarely watch TV movies in the daytime, but I couldn't turn it off. Even though I had missed approximately fifteen minutes of the beginning, the characters, scenery and humor held my attention until the end. Deadly Summer is about two British couples on holiday in France. Since I didn't see the beginning, I don't know if they were close friends or not prior to this summer escape; they certainly seemed the "odd couples". Pauline Quirke was especially good in her role as the abused but stiff -upper-lipped British wife with inner strength to carry her through. Her husband played by Nicholas Farrell, was the epitome of the flawed male psyche searching for sex, power and money which leads to a devastatingly funny ending. I loved it!
