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Walter and June (TV 1983)Director:Stephen FrearsWriter:David Cook |
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Cast
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| Ian McKellen | ... |
Walter
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| Sarah Miles | ... |
June
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Debby Bishop | ... |
Black Nurse
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| Jim Broadbent | ... |
Orderly
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Frankie Connolly | ... |
Young Walter
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Tony Doyle | ... |
Clive
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| John Gordon Sinclair | ... |
Graham
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Christine Hargreaves | ... |
Rita
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| Barbara Jefford | ... |
Walter's mother
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Gary Olsen | ... |
Shower Room Attendant
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| Tim Potter | ... |
Squatter's Advisor
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Trevor Ray | ... |
POA Officer
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Katherine Schofield | ... |
Carole
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Nabil Shaban | ... |
Ben Gunn
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Paula Tilbrook | ... |
Mrs. Ashby
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deprivation of liberty | stutterer | sequel | eccentric woman | half wit |Genres:
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Country:
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July 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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A study of a mentally-retarded adult as he copes with the decrepit British social services system of the Thatcher years. He keeps pigeons, walks aimlessly in the slums, can't hold a job, gets thrown in the worst hospital in England, and comes to love someone much like himself.
This careful and painful film shows McKellen and director Frears at their best. Not easy to watch and cruelly unsentimental, it is nonetheless an important classic of grit-level British realism. This film convinced me at a young age that I would never live in an England that treated people like this.