1974    1h 38minDrama
7.27.6
As the young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it.
Directed by Peter Hall

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  • Stanley BaxterBlacksmith
  • Ronald BlytheThe Vicar / Escritor
  • Ethel BrantonMrs. Quantrill
  • Lyn BrooksCharlotte Rouse
  • Garrow ShandTom Rouse
  • Peggy ColeDulcie Rouse
  • Barbara TilneyJean Quantrill
  • Ida PageAunt Ida
  • Ted DedmanTed
  • Mollie DedmanMollie
  • Charlie CornishCharlie
  • Charlie WhitingCharlie
  • Robin BuckinghamRobin
  • Alan WrightYoung Tom Rouse
  • Mary HammondYoung Dulcie Rouse
  • F.O. StaddonThe Minister
  • Bob WilsonFarmer
  • Reg HallPoliceman
  • Peter TuddenhamOld Tom (voiceover)
  • Clifford Arbon

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