Summary
As a 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.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 74
Letterboxd · 370 ratings3.6/5
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for dramas, −11 min on the typical 109
typical 10998Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
1974
November 18, 1974
52 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
19 people
- SBStanley BaxterBlacksmith
- RBRonald BlytheThe Vicar
- EBEthel BrantonMrs. Quantrill
- LBLyn BrooksCharlotte Rouse
- GSGarrow ShandTom Rouse
- PCPeggy ColeDulcie Rouse
- BTBarbara TilneyJean Quantrill
- IPIda PageAunt Ida
- TDTed DedmanTed
- MDMollie DedmanMollie
- CCCharlie CornishCharlie
- CWCharlie WhitingCharlie
- RBRobin BuckinghamRobin
- AWAlan WrightYoung Tom Rouse
- MHMary HammondYoung Dulcie Rouse
- FSF.O. StaddonThe Minister
- BWBob WilsonFarmer
- RHReg HallPoliceman
- Peter TuddenhamOld Tom (voiceover)
Directing · 1
- Peter Hall Director, Producer
Writing · 1
- Ronald Blythe Writer
Production · 2
- Rex Pyke Producer, Editor
- Richard Dobson Production Manager
Camera · 3
- Ivan Strasburg Director of Photography
- John Metcalfe Assistant Camera
- Peter Ormrod Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Robert Gavin Assistant Editor
Art · 2
- Roger Christian Art Direction
- Ian Whittaker Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Sally Bacon Costumer
- Penny Bell Makeup & Hair
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