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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 53-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Jeremy Kemp
Ampleforth
Joanna Van Gyseghem
Mrs Ampleforth
Carol Royle
Maggie
Peter Machin
Anthony
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Gordon Flemyng
- Writers
- L.P. Hartley, Alan Plater
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Gordon Flemyng directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 53-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jeremy Kemp and Joanna Van Gyseghem and Carol Royle carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0190395 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 53 min · 0h 53m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Gordon Flemyng
Production companies
Who made it
Granada Television
GB
Key crew
- Short StoryL.P. Hartley
- ProducerJune Wyndham-Davies
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1983-06-10
