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Beryl Bainbridge (novel)
Beryl Bainbridge (screenplay)
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April 1980 (UK) more
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Cast

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Sam Waterston ... William McClusky

Jenny Agutter ... Ann Walton
Anna Massey ... Edna McClusky
Arthur Lowe ... Captain Walton
Geraldine James ... Pamela
Daphne Oxenford ... Mrs. Walton
Peter Dean ... Roddy
Rachel Bell ... Mrs. Kershaw
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Gerald
Emma Bakhle ... Daisy Kershaw
Victoria Fairbrother ... Sheila
Ivor Roberts ... Uncle Walter
Joan Cooper ... Aunt Bee
Sara Clee ... Actress
Melvyn Bragg ... Himself
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92 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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6 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Well worth watching, 28 September 2003
8/10
Author: celtic43 from Bristol, UK

I've just found this again on a video tape and have really enjoyed it. OK it's slightly dated (especially in some of Jenny Agutter's dresses) and it's firmly in the genre of the British 'kitchen-sink' dramas of the early 1960s, but it's well worth watching.

Jenny Agutter does a tour-de-force with some brilliant and totally believable acting (the occasional and far too brief nude scenes are a bonus). Sam Waterston is equally believable as charming rogue William who neglects to tell his various conquests of his various other conquests and wives.

The twist at the very end throws a different light on much of what has gone before (and you have to watch very closely to see it!).

This should be re-released on DVD so that everyone has a chance to give it a second look. It stands the test of time well.

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