1974    1 h 38 minDramat
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 / Scenariusz
  • 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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