Directed by:
Martyn FriendScreenplay:
Peter BuckmanComposer:
Nigel HessCast:
Harry Andrews, Wendy Hiller, Faith Brook, Maurice Denham, Geoffrey Bayldon, Phyllis Calvert, Hilary Mason, Graham Crowden, Andrew Burt, David Waller, Eileen Way, John Franklyn Robbins, Wilfred Grove (more)Plots(1)
"When can one please oneself if not in old age?" asks 85-year-old Lady Slane (Hiller), who frees herself from society's expectations upon the death of her politically prominent husband. To the shock of her children, who seem more concerned with the disposition of the estate than with their mother's happiness, the widow retreats to a cottage in the Hampstead countryside to rediscover herself. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Harry Andrews
UK
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Wendy Hiller
UK
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Faith Brook
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Maurice Denham
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Geoffrey Bayldon
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Phyllis Calvert
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Hilary Mason
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Graham Crowden
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Andrew Burt
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David Waller
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Eileen Way
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John Franklyn Robbins
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Wilfred Grove
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Bill McCabe
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Alan Thompson
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