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Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
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Cast
17 of 17
Pauline CollinsSylvia
Derrick O'ConnorAlan
Diana RayworthJenny
Roger MonkTerry
Robert PuttVerne Reception Officer
Vincent FriellVerne Prisoner
Peter CartwrightVerne Governor
Malcolm TerrisVisiting Room Officer
Billy RiddochKitchen Officer
Petronella BarkerVisitor
Olivier PierreCharles Le Page
Leslie GranthamPeter
Dave AndersonRock Band
Michael MacKenzieGovernor
Angus MacKayAmicus Chairman
Sean ArnoldAssistant Governor, Leyhill
Ian BrimbleOfficer
Crew
- Directed by
- Piers Haggard
- Written by
- Brian Phelan
- Produced by
- Philip Hinchcliffe
- Music by
- Richard Rodney Bennett
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Facts
February 3, 1985 · 1 h 33 min · Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
- Released
- February 3, 1985
- Runtime
- 1 h 33 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom