Directed by:
Alvin RakoffCinematography:
Tony Pierce-RobertsComposer:
Marc WilkinsonCast:
Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, Elizabeth Sellars, Anthony Sharp, Esmond Knight, Sean Maguire, Jonathan Newth, Malcolm Terris, Harold Goodwin (more)Plots(1)
Laurence Olivier stars as the eccentric patriarch--a blind barrister so stubborn and cantankerous that he refuses to acknowledge his sightlessness. Alan Bates portrays his devoted son, who follows his father's footsteps in the law while longing to become a writer, with Jane Asher as his wife. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Othello (1965)
Alan Bates
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Jane Asher
UK
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Mandy (1952)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Elizabeth Sellars
UK
Best movies:
Never Let Go (1960)
Desirée (1954)
The Hireling (1973)
Anthony Sharp
UK
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Esmond Knight
UK
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Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Hamlet (1948)
Sean Maguire
UK
Jonathan Newth
UK
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Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
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Malcolm Terris
UK
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The Plague Dogs (1982)
Othello (1965)
Chaplin (1992)
Harold Goodwin
UK
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Patrick Barr
India
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Raymond Huntley
UK
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Room at the Top (1959)
Breathless (1960)
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Albert Welling
UK
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Alan Cox
UK
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Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Michael Aldridge
UK
Best movies:
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
The Public Eye (1972)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985) (series)
Jennie Goossens
UK
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