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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   73 votes
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Director:
Eric Till
Writers:
James Herriot (novel)
Alan Plater (writer)
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Genre:
Drama more
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Tame family entertainment - but very watchable more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Alderton ... James Herriott
Colin Blakely ... Siegfried Farnon
Lisa Harrow ... Helen
Bill Maynard ... Hinchcliffe
Paul Shelley ... Richard
Richard Pearson ... Granville
Rosemary Martin ... Mrs. Dalby
Raymond Francis ... Colonel Bosworth
John Barrett ... Crump
Philip Stone ... Jack
Clifford Kershaw ... Kendall
Kevin Moreton ... William
Liz Smith ... Mrs. Dodds
Leslie Sarony ... Kirby
Gwen Nelson ... Mrs. Kirby
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
All Things Bright and Beautiful
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Runtime:
UK:93 min | USA:94 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:U | USA:G
Company:
EMI Films more

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Trivia:
The first feature of Richard Griffths. more
Movie Connections:
Follows All Creatures Great and Small (1975) (TV) more

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2 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Tame family entertainment - but very watchable, 4 September 2003
7/10
Author: Peter Hayes from United Kingdom

A vet goes in to practise in pre-war North Yorkshire and experiences all kinds of scrapes, misadventures and funny situations before being accepted by the locals.

Based on the best selling books of James Heriot and with the fantastic Yorkshire countryside as a backdrop there isn't a great deal to go wrong and, indeed, very little does.

This is "play safe" film making from another planet! Nevertheless it does give a sense of time and place (pre war England) and delivers small laughs and a plot development of sorts.

Safe Sunday afternoon fare and no better or worse than the entertaining (but equally safe) TV series that followed.

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