Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Leslie Caron | ... | Jane | |
Anthony Booth | ... | Youth in Street | |
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Avis Bunnage | ... | Doris |
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Patricia Phoenix | ... | Sonia |
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Verity Edmett | ... | Jane II |
Tom Bell | ... | Toby | |
Cicely Courtneidge | ... | Mavis | |
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Harry Locke | ... | Newsagent |
Ellen Dryden | ... | Girl in Newsagent's | |
Emlyn Williams | ... | Dr. Weaver | |
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Jennifer White | ... | Monica |
Brock Peters | ... | Johnny | |
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Gerry Duggan | ... | Bert |
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Joan Ingram | ... | Woman in Park |
Mark Eden | ... | Terry |
Jane, a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting an abortion, but is unhappy with this solution. She falls into a relationship with Toby, a struggling young writer who lives on the first floor. Eventually she comes to like her odd room, and makes friends with all the strange people in the house. But she still faces two problems: what to do with her baby, and what to do with Toby. Written by John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
It's a shame this film has been all but forgotten. It's an excellent drama and character study, and features a career best performance from Leslie Caron, as an unwed pregnant French woman at a London boarding house. Though they all want her to get an abortion for various reasons, she refuses, and this forces them all to emerge from their shells and become a framework of friendship and love. The ending is sad, and just about perfect. The fact that time has neglected it is a true shame.