Philip Sutherland — Never Let Me Go Character Profile

About Philip Sutherland

American newspaper reporter in Moscow who marries Bolshoi ballerina Marya. After being deported, he returns to smuggle his wife out of Russia, disguising himself to infiltrate the theater and escaping with her by driving into the sea.

Philip Sutherland — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Clark Gable

Appears in

Never Let Me Go (1953)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Philip Sutherland — Family Spouse — Marya Lamarkina (Gene Tierney)

  Husband and wife separated by the Iron Curtain.

• Philip Sutherland — Alliance Friend — Steve Quillan (Kenneth More)

  Loyal friend facilitating secret communication.

• Philip Sutherland — Alliance Friend — Christopher Wellington St. John Denny (Richard Haydn)

  Close friend and co-conspirator in the rescue.

• Philip Sutherland — Professional Employer — Joe Brooks (Bernard Miles)

  Hired expert sailor for the sea crossing.

• Philip Sutherland — Conflict Identifier — Valentina Alexandrovna (Belita)

  Unwitting informant who exposes the escape.

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More characters from Never Let Me Go

• Marya Lamarkina (Gene Tierney)
• Christopher Wellington St. John Denny (Richard Haydn)
• Svetlana Mikhailovna (Anna Valentina)
• Joe Brooks (Bernard Miles)
• Steve Quillan (Kenneth More)
• Kuragin (Frederick Valk)
• N.K.V.D. Man (Peter Illing)
• Lieutenant (Theodore Bikel)
• Valentina Alexandrovna (Belita)
• Commissar (Karl Stepanek)
• Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) (Anton Diffring)
• John Barnes (Stanley Maxted)