Antonia, de verwende vrouw van Martin Lynch-Gibbon, een wijnhandelaar uit de hogere klasse, vertelt haar echtgenoot dat zij verliefd is op hun beste vriend, de psychiater Palmer Anderson. Palmer en Antonia willen de situatie op een beschaafde manier oplossen, door vrienden te blijven met Martin. Intussen probeert Martin zijn maîtresse Georgie Hands een geheim te houden, maar Palmer's zuster, Honor Klein, die dacht dat Georgie op Oxford zat, vertelt Palmer en Antonia over haar.
Nee, helaas is A Severed Head nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Dick Clement | Director |
| Directing | Peter Bolton | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Elliott Kastner | Presenter |
| Sound | Stanley Myers | Conductor |
| Camera | John Harris | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Nolan Roberts | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Crawford Mackie | Publicist |
| Production | Marion Rosenberg | Producer's Assistant |
| Crew | Ian La Frenais | Other |
| Crew | Jerry Gershwin | Presenter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lotte Slattery | Wardrobe Master |
| Art | Peter Mullins | Location Scout |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Vinall | Wardrobe Master |
| Writing | Frederic Raphael | Screenplay |
| Writing | Iris Murdoch | Novel |
| Camera | Austin Dempster | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Stanley Myers | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Iris Murdoch | Theatre Play |
| Writing | J. B. Priestley | Theatre Play |
| Art | Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Editing | Peter Weatherley | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sue Yelland | Costume Design |
| Art | John Clark | Art Direction |
| Production | Alan Ladd Jr. | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Beckett | Hairdresser |
| Art | Hugh Scaife | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Norman Bolland | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Ene Watts | Continuity |
| Production | Timothy Burrill | Production Manager |
| Sound | Mike Le Mare | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Freddie Williamson | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Denis Holt | Associate Producer |
