Complete credited cast: | |||
James Wilby | ... | Frank Ashton | |
Imogen Stubbs | ... | Megan David | |
Susannah York | ... | Mrs. Narracombe | |
Kenneth Colley | ... | Jim (as Ken Colley) | |
Jerome Flynn | ... | Joe Narracombe | |
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Lee Billett | ... | Nick |
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Oliver Perry | ... | Rick |
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Harry Burton | ... | Garton |
Sophie Ward | ... | Stella Halliday | |
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John Elmes | ... | Phil Halliday |
Camilla Power | ... | Sabina Halliday | |
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Juliette Fleming | ... | Freda Halliday |
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Sukie Smith | ... | Betsy |
John Savident | ... | Bank Clerk | |
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Rachel Joyce | ... | Post Office Girl |
England, 1904. A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton, and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. When he twists his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby farmhouse and stays there for a few days. Innocent beauty Megan David catches the attention of Ashton. He decides to stay longer, and he and Megan fall in love, much to the displeasure of Megan's aunt and her loutish son. Before Ashton leaves the farm, he vows to return and take Megan away with him. Written by nitorch
I am happy to know that I am not the only person this movie had a profound effect on. How can it be so good and yet so many people have no clue about it.
I saw it around the year it came out. I was living in Toronto and I can't remember whether or not it came to the theatres but late one night I looked at it on the movie Channel. I was bored and had nothing else to do. Fantastic movie, the ending was so sad.
For years I would recommend this film to friends and nobody would really know what I was talking about. For months after I had seen the film I would think about it and the way it ended.
I have never forgotten the name Imogen Stubbs. I looked out for her for years. I saw her in one film with Robert Duvall but nothing after that. I was always on the look out for her in the nineties. A few years ago I looked her up on the net and found out she had more or less married and settled down.
This movie and Imogen Stubbs had a profound effect on me. A great romantic tragedy that far too few people know about.
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