Wish You Were Here (1987)
19871h 32mRComedyDramaRomance
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
Cast
Emily LloydLynda Mansell
Tom BellEric
Jesse BirdsallDave
Clare CliffordMrs. Parfitt
Sheila KelleyJoan Figgis- TTrudi CavanaghTap Dancing Lady
- BBarbara DurkinValerie
Geoffrey HutchingsHubert Mansell- CCharlotte BarkerGillian
- CChloe LelandMargaret
Pat HeywoodAunt Millie- CCharlotte BallLynda Mansell (aged 11)
- AAbigail LelandMargaret (aged 7)
Susan SkipperLynda’s Mother
Geoffrey DurhamHarry Figgis
Neville SmithCinema Manager
Lee WhitlockBrian- FFrederick HallPassenger with Brolly
Crew
- Director
- David Leland
- Writers
- David Leland
- Producers
- Sarah Radclyffe
- Music
- Stanley Myers
- Cinematography
- Ian Wilson
- Editing
- George Akers
Details
- Released
- July 24, 1987
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Working Title Films, Zenith Entertainment, Film4 Productions
- IMDb
- tt0094331